Inter-religious practices and saint veneration in the Muslim world: Khidr/Khizr from the Middle East to South Asia
"Inter-religious Practices and Saint Veneration in the Muslim World studies the immortal saint Khidr/Khizr, a mysterious prophet and popular multi-religious figure and Sufi master venerated across the Muslim world. Focusing on the religious figure of Khidr/Khizr and the practice of religion fro...
| Published in: | Routledge studies in Asian religion and philosophy |
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| Contributors: | ; |
| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English Sindhi |
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Routledge
2023
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Routledge studies in Asian religion and philosophy (31)
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| Series/Journal: | Routledge studies in Asian religion and philosophy
31 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Khiḍr
B Near East / Asia / Muslim / Saint / Hagiography |
| Further subjects: | B
Collection of essays
B Khiḍr (Legendary character) B Muslim Saints Cult B Hagiography |
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| Parallel Edition: | Erscheint auch als: Inter-religious practices and saint veneration in the Muslim world. - Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2023. - 9781003386285 |
| Summary: | "Inter-religious Practices and Saint Veneration in the Muslim World studies the immortal saint Khidr/Khizr, a mysterious prophet and popular multi-religious figure and Sufi master venerated across the Muslim world. Focusing on the religious figure of Khidr/Khizr and the practice of religion from Middle East to South Asia, the chapters offer a multi-disciplinary analysis. The book addresses the plurality in the interpretation of Khizr and underlines the unique character of the figure, whose main characteristics are kept by Muslims, Christians, Hindus and Sikhs. Chapters examine vernacular Islamic piety and intercommunal religious practices and highlight the multiples ways through which Khidr/Khizr allows a conversation between different religious cultures. Furthermore, Khidr/Khizr is a most significant case study for deciphering the complex dialectic between the universal and the local. The contributors also argue that Khidr/Khizr played a leading role in the process of translating a religious tradition to the other, in incorporating him through an association with other sacred characters. Bringing together the different worship practices in countries with a very different cultural and religious background, the study includes research from the Balkans to the Punjabs in Pakistan and in India. It will be of interest to researchers in History, Anthropology, Sociology, Comparative Religious Studies, History of Religion, Islamic Studies, Middle Eastern Studies, South Asian Studies and Southeast European Studies"-- |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 1032478640 |