Asceticism and Poverty in the Qurʾan

While the Qurʾan approves of ascetic practices such as fasting and vigils, it does not insist on them. Nonetheless, Sloterdijk's You Must Change Your Life may help us to identify an ascetic "training program" within the Qurʾan. This has as its main elements: hijra, in the sense of an...

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Main Author: Bonner, Michael David 1952-2019 (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill [2019]
In: Numen
Year: 2019, Volume: 66, Issue: 5/6, Pages: 524-549
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Sloterdijk, Peter 1947-, Du musst dein Leben ändern / Koran / Asceticism / Poverty
RelBib Classification:AG Religious life; material religion
BJ Islam
Further subjects:B hjra
B Poverty
B Jihad
B Qurʾan
B Asceticism
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