Saintly Spheres and Islamic Landscapes Emplacements of Spiritual Power across Time and Place (Handbook of Oriental Studies/Handbuch der ... Middle East) (English and Albanian Edition)

"Saintly Spheres and Islamic Landscapes explores the creation, expansion, and perpetuation of the material and imaginary spheres of spiritual domination and sanctity that surrounded Sufi saints and became central to religious authority, Islamic piety, and the belief in the miraculous. The cultural and social constructs of Islamic sainthood and the spatial inscription of saintly figures have fascinated and ignited scholars across a range of disciplines. By bringing together a broad scope of perspectives and case studies, this book offers the reader the first comprehensive, albeit variegated, exposition of the evolution of saintly spheres and the emplacements of spiritual power in the Muslim world across time and place. Contributors: Angela Andersen, Irit Back, Devin DeWeese, Daphna Ephrat, Jo-Ann Gross, Nathan Hofer, Ayfer Karakaya-Stump, Sara Kuehn, Bulle Tuil Leonetti, Silvia Montenegro, Alexandre Papas, Paulo G. Pinto, Fatima Quraishi, Eric Ross, Itzchak Weismann, Pnina Werber, and Ethel Sara Wolper"-- Provided by publisher Contents Figures and Maps A Note on Transliteration, Names, and Translation Introduction: History and Anthropology of Sainthood and Space in Islamic Contexts Part 1 Creation and Revitalization Chapter 1 The Creation of Spheres of Spiritual Domination and Sanctity in Medieval Syrian Landscapes: Hagiographical Narratives and Historical Legacies Chapter 2 The Creation and Institutionalization of the Sufi Landscape in Medieval Upper Egypt Chapter 3 The Cult of Saints and Shrine Architecture: The Making of Funeral Centers of Devotion in the Medieval Muslim West Chapter 4 A Saint “On the Move”: Traces in the Evolution of a Landscape of Religious Memory in the Balkans Chapter 5 The “Shrinescapes” and Narrative Traditions of Khoja Ishaq Khuttalani Chapter 6 Encountering Saints in the Hallowed Ground of a Regional Landscape: The “Description of Khwārazm” and the Experience of Pilgrimage in Nineteenth-Century Central Asia Part 2 Spatial Formation and the Power of Place Chapter 7 Building Activity and Sufi Networks in Anatolia Chapter 8 Situating Iraqi Shrine Cities within the Alevi-Bektashi Sacred Landscape: Networks of Saintly Families Linking Anatolia to Karbala and Najaf in the Ottoman Era Chapter 9 “This is Makkah for Me!” Devotion in Architecture at the Makli Necropolis Chapter 10 “He who is the wondrous green dome is Ali”: The Relationship between Narratives of the Prophet Muhammad’s Ascension and the Communal Religious Architecture of the Alevis Chapter 11 Bombay Mystical City: Muslim Shrines and Saints in the Urban Fabric from 1800 to Present Chapter 12 Senegal’s Sufi Cities: Places beyond the State Part 3 Transformation and Globalization Chapter 13 Shifting Spheres along the Hajj Route from West Africa: The Case of the Tijaniyya during the Colonial Period Chapter 14 The Entire Land is My Lodge: Naqshbandi Responses to the Challenges of Modernity and Globalization Chapter 15 Charisma’s Reach: Spiritual Travel and Material Flows in a Sufi Saint’s Wilayat Chapter 16 “Diasporizing” Sainthood: Shaykh Ahmed, a Syrian ʿAlawi Saint in Argentina Chapter 17 Territories of Memory: Ritual and Dreams in the Making of a Contemporary Syrian Saint Index of Topics, Terms, and Book Titles Index of Persons and Places Saintly Spheres and Islamic Landscapes' explores the creation, expansion, and perpetuation of the material and imaginary spheres of spiritual domination and sanctity that surrounded Sufi saints and became central to religious authority, Islamic piety, and the belief in the miraculous.0The cultural and social constructs of Islamic sainthood and the spatial inscription of saintly figures have fascinated and ignited scholars across a range of disciplines. By bringing together a broad scope of perspectives and case studies, this book offers the reader the first comprehensive, albeit variegated, exposition of the evolution of saintly spheres and the emplacements of spiritual power in the Muslim world across time and place