The Sacred and Profane in Islamic Cordoba

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How to Cite: Safran, J. M. (2007). The Sacred and Profane in Islamic Cordoba. Comparative Islamic Studies, 1(1), 22–41.

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This article investigates the sacred and profane in Islamic Cordoba in the ninth and tenth centuries of the Common Era to develop a distinct perspective on Muslim communal identity in al-Andalus (Islamic Spain and Portugal), and as an inquiry into how the definition of the sacred and profane in an Islamic city may be informed by, or speak to, the context of a multi-confessional society. The study approaches the sacred as a social construct with social meaning, and thus directs our view to the mundane dimensions of the sacred.

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    Comparative Islamic Studies
  • creator
    Janina M. Safran
  • issn
    ISSN:1743-1638 (online)
  • issue
    1.1
  • publisher
    Equinox Publishing Ltd.
  • publisher place
    Sheffield, United Kingdom
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    Equinox Publishing Ltd.
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