Splashed by the saint : : ritual reading and Islamic sanctity in West Java / / Julian Millie.
Sanctity is a concept recognized by Muslims throughout the Islamic world, and often motivates observances with highly localized characteristics. Julian Millie spent a year attending a supplication ritual in which Muslims of West Java directed their prayers to Allah through ‘Abd al-Qadir al-Jaelani (...
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| Year of Publication: | 2009 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde,
262 Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde 262. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (230 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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Table of Contents:
- Preliminary Material
- Introduction
- CHAPTER I ‘Abd al-Qadir al-Jaelani and ritual reading in West Java
- CHAPTER II Situating tales in ritual: Graves, ancestors and karamat tales
- CHAPTER III Karamat in Bandung: Four practitioners
- CHAPTER IV Pangaosan Layang Seh: Prayers are solemn; Tales are fun
- CHAPTER V Nguningakeun maksad: Seeking mediation from urang luhung
- CHAPTER VI Tawassul: Seeking mediation from wasilah
- CHAPTER VII: Ritual tale-telling
- CHAPTER VIII Talking about karamat: Khāriq al-‘āda anecdotes
- CHAPTER IX Reading karamat in public: The manakiban besar of Suryalaya
- CHAPTER X PLS and the Sundanese canon: Rustana performs wawacan
- Conclusion
- APPENDIX A Tanbih: A translation
- APPENDIX B Wawacan Layang Seh: Hikayat 53
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index.