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100 1 a| Knight, Michael Muhammad,e| author.=| ^A1270520;

245 10 a| Muhammad's body :b| baraka networks and the prophetic assemblage /c| Michael Muhammad Knight.;

264 1 a| Chapel Hill :b| The University of North Carolina Press,c| [2020];

300 a| xi, 196 pages ;c| 25 cm.;

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490 1 a| Islamic civilization and Muslim networks;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references and index.;

505 0 a| Introduction: What can a prophetic body do? -- Reading the prophetic body: genealogy, physiognomy, and witness -- Muhammad's heart : the modified body -- Bottling Muhammad : corporeal traces -- The sex of revelation : prophethood and gendered bodies -- Secreting baraka : Muhammad's body after Muhammad -- Conclusions: The Nabi without organs (NwO).;

520 a| "Knight approaches hadith and sira as important religio-cultural and literary phenomena in their own right. In rich detail, he lays out the immense variety of questions and depictions early followers produced regarding Muhammad's sacred power (baraka)-its boundaries, effects, and limits. Drawing on insights from contemporary theory about the body, he shows how changing representations of the Prophet's body helped to legitimatize certain types of people or individuals as religious authorities, while marginalizing or delegitimizing others. For some Sunni Muslims, Knight concludes, claims of religious authority today continue to be connected to ideas about Muhammad's body"--c| Provided by publisher.;

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650 0 a| Human bodyx| Social aspectsz| Islamic countries.=| ^A80715;

650 0 a| Human bodyx| Religious aspectsx| Islam.=| ^A917101;

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Muhammad's body : baraka networks and the prophetic assemblage / Michael Muhammad Knight.

Author/creator	Knight, Michael Muhammad author.
Format	Book
Publication	Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2020]
Description	xi, 196 pages ; 25 cm.
Subjects	Muḥammad, Prophet, -632. Barakah. Hadith. Human body--Social aspects. --Islamic countries. Human body--Religious aspects. --Islam.

Series	Islamic civilization and Muslim networks Islamic civilization & Muslim networks. ^A593463
Contents	Introduction: What can a prophetic body do? -- Reading the prophetic body: genealogy, physiognomy, and witness -- Muhammad's heart : the modified body -- Bottling Muhammad : corporeal traces -- The sex of revelation : prophethood and gendered bodies -- Secreting baraka : Muhammad's body after Muhammad -- Conclusions: The Nabi without organs (NwO).
Abstract	"Knight approaches hadith and sira as important religio-cultural and literary phenomena in their own right. In rich detail, he lays out the immense variety of questions and depictions early followers produced regarding Muhammad's sacred power (baraka)-its boundaries, effects, and limits. Drawing on insights from contemporary theory about the body, he shows how changing representations of the Prophet's body helped to legitimatize certain types of people or individuals as religious authorities, while marginalizing or delegitimizing others. For some Sunni Muslims, Knight concludes, claims of religious authority today continue to be connected to ideas about Muhammad's body"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN	2020004298
ISBN	9781469658902 hardcover alkaline paper
ISBN	1469658909 hardcover alkaline paper
ISBN	9781469658919 paperback alkaline paper
ISBN	1469658917 paperback alkaline paper
ISBN	electronic book

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