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Self and secrecy in early Islam / Ruqayya Yasmine Khan.

By: Series: Studies in comparative religionPublication details: Columbia, S.C. : University of South Carolina Press, 2008.Description: xii, 186 p. : ill. ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781570037542 :
  • 157003754X :
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • PJ7519.I84 K48 2008
Contents:
Introduction -- Self and secrecy in the Quran -- Sharing and withholding secrets: God, faith, and worship in the Quran -- Self as cipher in Kitab kitmān al-sirr (Book of concealing the secret) -- The rhetoric of the secret: love, sexuality, and the body -- Toward a literary archaeology of the private and the secret -- Conclusion.
Holdings
Item type Current library Home library Shelving location Call number Status Barcode
Books Books American University in Dubai American University in Dubai Main Collection PJ 7519 .I84 K48 2008 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 5057760

Includes bibliographical references (p. [171]-181) and index.

Introduction -- Self and secrecy in the Quran -- Sharing and withholding secrets: God, faith, and worship in the Quran -- Self as cipher in Kitab kitmān al-sirr (Book of concealing the secret) -- The rhetoric of the secret: love, sexuality, and the body -- Toward a literary archaeology of the private and the secret -- Conclusion.

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