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Aisha's cushion religious art, perception, and practice in Islam / Jamal J. Elias.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, (c)2012.Description: 1 online resource (x, 404 pages) illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780674067394
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • BP190 .A374 2012
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
Contents:
Representation, resemblance and religion -- The icon and the idol -- Iconoclasm, iconophobia and Islam -- Idols, icons and images in Islam -- Beauty, goodness, and wonder -- Alchemy, appearance and essence -- Dreams, visions and the imagination -- Sufism and the metaphysics of resemblance -- Words, pictures and signs -- Legibility, iconicity and monumental writing.
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Online Book (LOGIN USING YOUR MY CIU LOGIN AND PASSWORD) Online Book (LOGIN USING YOUR MY CIU LOGIN AND PASSWORD) G. Allen Fleece Library ONLINE Non-fiction BP190.5.7 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Link to resource Available ocn818143118

Includes bibliographies and index.

Prologue: the promise of a meaningful image -- Representation, resemblance and religion -- The icon and the idol -- Iconoclasm, iconophobia and Islam -- Idols, icons and images in Islam -- Beauty, goodness, and wonder -- Alchemy, appearance and essence -- Dreams, visions and the imagination -- Sufism and the metaphysics of resemblance -- Words, pictures and signs -- Legibility, iconicity and monumental writing.

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