TY - BOOK ID - 19268630 TI - Sufi bodies PY - 2011 SN - 9780231144919 9780231517607 0231517602 1283260964 9781283260961 9780231144902 0231144903 9786613260963 6613260967 PB - New York DB - UniCat KW - Sufism. KW - Sufism KW - Sufismus. KW - Kropp och själ KW - Human Body KW - Religion and Medicine KW - Doctrines. KW - lärosatser. KW - religiösa aspekter KW - islam. KW - history. KW - Lärosatser. KW - Religiösa aspekter KW - Islam. KW - History. KW - 297*2 KW - Sofism KW - 297*2 Soefisme KW - Soefisme KW - Mysticism KW - Doctrines KW - Islam UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:19268630 AB - "Bashir weaves a rich history of Sufi Islam around the depiction of bodily actions in Sufi literature and miniature paintings produced circa 1300-1500 CE. Focusing on the Persianate societies of Iran and Central Asia, he explores medieval Sufis' conception of the human body as the primary shuttle between interior (batin) and exterior (zahir) realities with particular attention to three arenas: religious activity in the form of rituals, rules of etiquette, asceticism, and a universal hierarchy of saints; the deep imprint of Persian poetic paradigms on the articulation of love, desire, and gender; and the reputation of Sufi masters for working miracles, which empowered them in all domains of social activity. Bashir ultimately offers a new methodology for extracting historical information from religious narratives"--Cover p. [4]. ER -