Scott A Kugle: 2 books
Sufis and Saints' Bodies
Mysticism, Corporeality, and Sacred Power in Islam
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2011
Islam is often described as abstract, ascetic, and uniquely disengaged from the human body. Scott Kugle refutes this assertion in the first full study of Islamic mysticism as it relates to the human body. Examining Sufi conceptions of the body in religious writings from the late fifteenth through...
When Sun Meets Moon
Gender, Eros, and Ecstasy in Urdu Poetry
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2016
The two Muslim poets featured in Scott Kugle's comparative study lived separate lives during the eighteenth and early-nineteenth centuries in the Deccan region of southern India. Here, they meet in the realm of literary imagination, illuminating the complexity of gender, sexuality, and religious practice...