In the Vicinity of the Righteous

In the Vicinity of the RighteousThis first in depth scholarly study of the institution of ziyra (visiting tombs), and its central role in the cult of Muslim saints in late medieval Egypt (1200 1500 A. D.), makes an original contribution to the social history of religion. It explores the range of meanings that saints held for the contemporary imagination through richly textured descriptions and analysis of the great cemetery of al Qarfa, the rituals of the ziyra, and the entertaining

Während im ersten Teil der Sammlung Erotisches dominiert

Beiden Defiziten sucht die vorliegende Studie abzuhelfen

Sie waren aber niemals total – höchstens in ihrem Anspruch

all within a framework of values and ethics that the audience adheres to

time lines

Frank Griswold writes out of his understanding that “all things have the potential to reveal the Divine and the mystery of love that lies at the heart of the universe

fictional debates on climate change

Bargen sie wirklich so großes Konfliktpotential

and trade materials

Managern und Studierenden für die wechselseitigen Abhängigkeiten zwischen Wirtschaft und Finanzmärkten zu wecken

insidious racism belies official declarations of ethnic harmony

Knaap’s manuscript offers a thought-provoking thematic examination and chronological survey of the Dutch Republic’s overseas and colonial expansion in Asia and South Africa