Aisha's Cushion : : Religious Art, Perception, and Practice in Islam / / Jamal J. Elias.
Media coverage of the Danish cartoon crisis and the destruction of the Buddhas of Bamiyan left Westerners with a strong impression that Islam does not countenance depiction of religious imagery. Jamal J. Elias corrects this view by revealing the complexity of Islamic attitudes toward representationa...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2012] ©2012 |
| Year of Publication: | 2012 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface on Abbreviations and Conventions
- Prologue: The Promise of a Meaningful Image
- 1 Representation, Resemblance, and Religion
- 2 The Icon and the Idol
- 3 Iconoclasm, Iconophobia, and Islam
- 4 Idols, Icons, and Images in Islam
- 5 Beauty, Goodness, and Wonder
- 6 Alchemy, Appearance, and Essence
- 7 Dreams, Visions, and the Imagination
- 8 Sufism and the Metaphysics of Resemblance
- 9 Words, Pictures, and Signs
- 10 Legibility, Iconicity, and Monumental Writing
- Epilogue
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Acknowledgments
- Index