A space for the truth: Mansur Hallaj and deconstructing the masculine body through sound and space
Hosayn b. Mansur Hallaj's (d. 922 CE) words "I am the truth" gave premodern Muslims, followers and scholars alike, an unconventional perspective on self-hood, embodiment, and the body-soul dichotomy. For Hallaj, his masculine identity suggested that his corporeal existence was made in...
| Subtitles: | "Special Issue: 'Physiology is Theology': Gendered Bodies in Sufi and Islamic Constructions of the Self" |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Equinox Publishing
2022
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| In: |
Body and religion
Year: 2022, Volume: 6, Issue: 1, Pages: 31-46 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Hallaj, Husain I. al- 858-922
/ Masculinity
/ Embodiment
/ Likeness to God
/ Space
/ Gender-specific role
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| RelBib Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AG Religious life; material religion BJ Islam |
| Further subjects: | B
Space
B Masculinity B Sufi B Death B Embodiment B Ḥallāj |
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