Book contents
- Islam and the Devotional Object
- Islam and the Devotional Object
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Note on Transliteration and Dates
- Introduction
- One Objects over Distance
- Two An Exuberant and Elusive Palanquin
- Three Processions, Banners, and the Religious Spectacle
- Four The Relic and Its Witness
- Five Religious Topography and the Relic
- Six Defacing and Displacing
- Epilogue
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
Four - The Relic and Its Witness
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 16 June 2020
Book contents
- Islam and the Devotional Object
- Islam and the Devotional Object
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Note on Transliteration and Dates
- Introduction
- One Objects over Distance
- Two An Exuberant and Elusive Palanquin
- Three Processions, Banners, and the Religious Spectacle
- Four The Relic and Its Witness
- Five Religious Topography and the Relic
- Six Defacing and Displacing
- Epilogue
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
A survey of relics, and their wide variety of media and signification. Argues the relic’s framing, which continuously keeps it “out of place,” allows it to act as an index of both human frailty and transformative love.
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- Islam and the Devotional ObjectSeeing Religion in Egypt and Syria, pp. 119 - 147Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020