TY - BOOK ID - 17289455 TI - Paradise and hell in Islamic traditions PY - 2015 SN - 9780521506373 9780521738156 9781139014847 0521738156 0521506379 1139014846 1316410676 1316413071 PB - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Islamic eschatology KW - Paradise KW - Future punishment KW - Islam KW - Islamic eschatology. KW - Paradise (Islam) KW - Eschatology, Islamic KW - Muslim eschatology KW - Islam: theologie; doctrine KW - 297.12 Islam: theologie; doctrine KW - HISTORY / World. KW - Eschatologie islamique KW - Islam. KW - 297.12 KW - Endless punishment KW - Eternal punishment KW - Everlasting punishment KW - Heaven KW - Future life KW - Punishment KW - Retribution KW - Eschatology KW - Religious aspects UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:17289455 AB - The Muslim afterworld, with its imagery rich in sensual promises, has shaped Western perceptions of Islam for centuries. However, to date, no single study has done justice to the full spectrum of traditions of thinking about the topic in Islamic history. The Muslim hell, in particular, remains a little studied subject. This book, which is based on a wide array of carefully selected Arabic and Persian texts, covers not only the theological and exegetical but also the philosophical, mystical, topographical, architectural and ritual aspects of the Muslim belief in paradise and hell, in both the Sunni and the Shiʿi world. By examining a broad range of sources related to the afterlife, Christian Lange shows that Muslim religious literature, against transcendentalist assumptions to the contrary, often pictures the boundary between this world and the otherworld as being remarkably thin, or even permeable. ER -