Prayer in Islamic thought and practice /
Katz, Marion Holmes, 1967-
Prayer in Islamic thought and practice / Marion Holmes Katz. - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013. - ix, 243 p. ; 23 cm. - Themes in Islamic history ; 6 . - Themes in Islamic history ; 6. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-233) and index.
Canonical prayer (ṣalat) and supplication (duʻa'): development and rules -- Ṣalat: conditions and components -- Supplication: duʻa' -- Valid prayer and ideal prayer -- Intent (nīya) -- Reverence (khushu') and concentration (ḥuḍūr al-qalb) -- The cultivation of emotion -- Ethical transformation -- Interpretive models: what is ṣalat, and what does it do? -- The model of the royal audience -- Prayer as communication -- Ṣalat as an exercise in self-discipline -- Ṣalat as a reflection of the cosmos -- Modern developments -- The community at prayer: congregational prayer, prayer leadership (imama), and the boundaries of the religious community -- Friday prayers -- Leadership in prayer (imama) -- Prayer behind a leader of another legal school -- Knowledge of prayer and its distribution in the community -- Failure to pray -- Modern developments -- Women and prayer -- Women's prayer leadership (imama) and placement within the congregation -- Women's mosque access -- Knowledge and mastery of prayer.
9780521887885 (hardback) 0521887887 (hardback) 9780521716291 (pbk.) 0521716292 (pbk.)
2012030009
016191016 Uk
Prayer--Islam.
Salat.
BP 178 / .K35 2013
297.3/822
Prayer in Islamic thought and practice / Marion Holmes Katz. - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013. - ix, 243 p. ; 23 cm. - Themes in Islamic history ; 6 . - Themes in Islamic history ; 6. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-233) and index.
Canonical prayer (ṣalat) and supplication (duʻa'): development and rules -- Ṣalat: conditions and components -- Supplication: duʻa' -- Valid prayer and ideal prayer -- Intent (nīya) -- Reverence (khushu') and concentration (ḥuḍūr al-qalb) -- The cultivation of emotion -- Ethical transformation -- Interpretive models: what is ṣalat, and what does it do? -- The model of the royal audience -- Prayer as communication -- Ṣalat as an exercise in self-discipline -- Ṣalat as a reflection of the cosmos -- Modern developments -- The community at prayer: congregational prayer, prayer leadership (imama), and the boundaries of the religious community -- Friday prayers -- Leadership in prayer (imama) -- Prayer behind a leader of another legal school -- Knowledge of prayer and its distribution in the community -- Failure to pray -- Modern developments -- Women and prayer -- Women's prayer leadership (imama) and placement within the congregation -- Women's mosque access -- Knowledge and mastery of prayer.
9780521887885 (hardback) 0521887887 (hardback) 9780521716291 (pbk.) 0521716292 (pbk.)
2012030009
016191016 Uk
Prayer--Islam.
Salat.
BP 178 / .K35 2013
297.3/822