Shah Waliullah (1703 - 1762)

Shah Waliullah (1703 - 1762)
Author: Muḥammad Ikrām Cug̲h̲tāʼī
Publisher:
Total Pages: 752
Release: 2005
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN:

Waliullah, 1702 or 3-1763, leader of Ahl-i Hadith movement in India.

Toward the Millennium

Toward the Millennium
Author: Peter Schäfer
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 464
Release: 1998
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9789004110373

This collection on messianic expectations from biblical times to the present represents a fresh re-evaluation of a variety of religious, political and cultural phenomena. The focus is on Judaism, but aspects of messianism in Graeco-Roman, Christian, and Islamic worlds alongside modern political issues are considered.

Knowledge, Authority and Change in Islamic Societies

Knowledge, Authority and Change in Islamic Societies
Author: Allen James Fromherz
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 324
Release: 2021-01-25
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9004443347

Senior scholars of Islamic studies and the anthropology of Islam gather in this volume to pay tribute to one of the giants of the field, Dale F. Eickelman.

Naven, Or, The Other Self

Naven, Or, The Other Self
Author: Michael Houseman
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 360
Release: 1998
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9789004112209

This book proposes a novel approach to the analysis of ritual action. Founded upon an in-depth study of the transvestism naven ceremony of the Iatmul of Papua New Guinea, it focuses on the relational and interactive forms entailed by ritual performance.

Apocalyptic Time

Apocalyptic Time
Author: Albert I. Baumgarten
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 418
Release: 2000
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9789004118799

The theme of this volume is the nature and perception of time in millennial movements. The authors adopt a number of disciplinary approaches to the topic, analyzing millennial movements from the three Abrahamic faiths, as well as from the East.

Man, Meaning, and Mystery

Man, Meaning, and Mystery
Author: Sigurd Hjelde
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 340
Release: 2000
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9789004114975

The contributions to this conference report deal with the academic study of religion in a historical perspective, focussing on W. Brede Kristensen and other Scandinavian pioneers. Also, methodological questions relating to the idea of a phenomenology of religion are discussed.

Canonization and Decanonization

Canonization and Decanonization
Author: A Van Debeek
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 552
Release: 1998
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9789004112469

This volume is the most wide-ranging religio-historical study on (de)canonization ever published. It contains significant contributions to the study of canonization in different religions in ancient times as well as in modern societies. An Annotated Bibliography adds greatly to its value.

Epic Narratives in the Hoysaḷa Temples

Epic Narratives in the Hoysaḷa Temples
Author: Kirsti Evans
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 314
Release: 1997
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9789004105751

This contextual study of narrative reliefs depicting Hindu epics and puranas on specific South Indian Hoysal a temples provides a detailed exposition of narrative episodes paired with photographs, illustrating and reviewing the stories and exploring techniques of Indian visual narrative.