Affective entanglements with the sexual imagery of paradise in the Qur’an
This paper examines affective structures and power formations that are constructed, maintained or contested when the significance of the sexual imagery of paradise in the Qur’an is divided into sensual and spiritual. I take a fictional story by Mohja Kahf as an example of a Qur’an commentary that ce...
Subtitles: | Special Issue: The Qur'an and affect |
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Published: |
Equinox Publishing
[2019]
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In: |
Body and religion
Year: 2019, Volume: 3, Issue: 1, Pages: 52-70 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Koran
/ Paradise
/ Imagery
/ Sensuality
/ Allegory
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RelBib Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AE Psychology of religion BJ Islam NBQ Eschatology |
Further subjects: | B
Islam
B Quran B Sexuality B paradise affect theory |
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Volltext (Verlag) Volltext (doi) |