The Afterlife in Mind: Piety and Renunciatory Practice in the 2nd/8th- and early 3rd/9th-Century Books of Renunciation (Kutub al-Zuhd)
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2016-10-17
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Yaldiz, Y.
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Lange, C.R.
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Renunciation in Islam found differing expressions in various literary genres. In the 2nd/8th and early 3rd/9th-century Kutub al-Zuhd, hadith collections on piety and renunciatory practices, we have the traditionists' view on how and what should be renounced, at times resembling late antique Christian asceticism at others displaying a distinct Islamic understanding and practice of renunciation.
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renunciation, zuhd, Sufism, asceticism, eschatology, Hadith, warfare, Islam, Christianity
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Yaldiz, Y 2016, 'The Afterlife in Mind: Piety and Renunciatory Practice in the 2nd/8th- and early 3rd/9th-Century Books of Renunciation (Kutub al-Zuhd)', Universiteit Utrecht.