UID:
almafu_9959233052602883
Format:
1 online resource (xi, 292 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
1-4744-6024-0
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1-4744-4630-2
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0-7486-9907-4
Series Statement:
Edinburgh studies in classical Islamic history and culture
Content:
Juxtaposes several of the miracles in the Islamic and Christian traditions. This new and dynamic approach to the perennially fascinating subject of miracles adopts a strictly anthropological and phenomenological approach. Allowing the miracles to speak for themselves, Ian Richard Netton examines these phenomena in the Islamic and Christian traditions through the lens of narration. What are the stories of the miracles? What are the contexts which gave rise to these miracles and allowed them to garner belief and flourish? Perspectives covered include the views of believers and non-believers alike in these phenomena. Similarities and differences in content and approach are explored with a primary focus on the five main anthropological topoi of food, water, blood, wood and stone, and cosmology. A range of intertextual elements in both these Islamic and Christian traditions are discerned.
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 18 Dec 2019).
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Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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Foreword --
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Abbreviations --
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1. Miracles and Religion --
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2. Food --
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3. Water --
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4. Blood --
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5. Wood and Stone --
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6. Cosmology --
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7. Envoi --
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Notes --
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Bibliography --
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Index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-7486-9906-6
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1515/9780748699070
URL:
https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/9780748699070/type/BOOK
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