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Imagining Space And Siting Collective Memory In South Asian Muslim Biographical Literature (Tazkirahs), Marcia K. Hermansen
Imagining Space And Siting Collective Memory In South Asian Muslim Biographical Literature (Tazkirahs), Marcia K. Hermansen
Marcia Hermansen
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Shāh Walī Allāh's Theory Of The Subtle Spiritual Centers (LaṭāʾIf): A Sufi Model Of Personhood And Self-Transformation, Marcia K. Hermansen
Shāh Walī Allāh's Theory Of The Subtle Spiritual Centers (LaṭāʾIf): A Sufi Model Of Personhood And Self-Transformation, Marcia K. Hermansen
Marcia Hermansen
No abstract provided.
Shah Wali Allah's Arrangement Of The Subtle Spiritual Centers, Marcia K. Hermansen
Shah Wali Allah's Arrangement Of The Subtle Spiritual Centers, Marcia K. Hermansen
Marcia Hermansen
This paper will present an explanation of some previously unexamined aspects of fillah Wali Allah's (d. 1762) conception of the subtJe spiritual centres (/afii'if). For Shah Wali Allah these spiritual components of a person were of great importance in explaining the theory and practice of individual spiritual progress on the Sufi path. His arrangement of these centres, together with his explanation of their interaction with one another directly reflects his more comprehensive understanding of cosmology and ontology, and therefore this aspect of his thought is less esoteric than it might initially seem.
South Asian Muslim American Girl Power: Structures And Symbols Of Control And Self Expression, Marcia K. Hermansen, Mahruq F. Khan
South Asian Muslim American Girl Power: Structures And Symbols Of Control And Self Expression, Marcia K. Hermansen, Mahruq F. Khan
Marcia Hermansen
South Asian Muslim American (SAMA) girls studied ethnographically in Chicago and more broadly in the United States negotiate these three components (South Asian, Muslim, and American) of identity across the spheres of home, Islamic institutions, and the public “American” realm. . Drawing on interviews and fieldwork at an Islamic school and within South Asian families and mosques, the authors illustrate how nascent “girl” power is evidenced in these contexts drawing on media representations, academic sources, and data drawn from participant observation. Sources of SAMA girls’ expressions of confidence and power are selective use of identity markers, increased mastery of Islamic …