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Piety and Patienthood in Medieval Islam (2018)

Ragab, Ahmed (Author)

Routledge
Publication date: 2018
Language: English

ISBN: 9781351103510

Publication Date: 2018
Physical Details: 273

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Arab/Islamic world, civilization and culture Medicine and society Prophecies Medical literature Patients Medicine and religion Faith healing Disease and diseases Health care Islam Medieval

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.

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Review Nancy Khalek (2021) Review of "Piety and Patienthood in Medieval Islam". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (pp. 824-826). unapi

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