Piety and Patienthood in Medieval Islam

Datos Bibliográficos

ID23242552
AutoresAhmed Ragab (0000-0002-7600-728X, Episcopal Divinity School, autor de correspondencia)
Año2018
Fecha de publicación2018-05-03
Open AccessNo
TipoBOOK
RevistaPiety and Patienthood in Medieval Islam (SOURCE_BOOK)
EditorialRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.4324/9781351103534
OpenAlexW2893037510
ISBN9781351103534
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas8

How did pious medieval Muslims experience health and disease? Rooted in the prophet’s experiences with medicine and healing, Muslim pietistic literature developed cosmologies in which physical suffering and medical interventions interacted with religious obligations and spiritual health. This book traces the development of prophetic medical literature and religious writings around health and disease to give a new perspective on how patienthood was conditioned by the intersection of medicine and Islam. The author investigates the early and foundational writings on prophetic medicine and related pietistic writings on health and disease produced during the Islamic Classical Age. Looking at attitudes from and towards clerics, physicians and patients, sickness and health are gradually revealed as a social, gendered, religious, and cultural experience. Patients are shown to experience certain sensoria that are conditioned not only by medical knowledge, but also by religious and pietistic attitudes. This is a fascinating insight into the development of Muslim pieties and the traditions of medical practice. It will be of great interest to scholars interested in Islamic Studies, history of religion, history of medicine, science and religion and the history of embodied religious practice, particularly in matters of health and medicine.

Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Islam · Piety · Archaeology and Historical Studies · History · Islamic Studies and History · Medieval and Classical Philosophy · Philosophy · Religious studies