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Can I read The Garden and the Fire : Heaven and Hell in Islamic Culture on EtoBox?
The Garden and the Fire : Heaven and Hell in Islamic Culture by Nerina Rustomji is a religious work available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Garden and the Fire : Heaven and Hell in Islamic Culture about?
Islamic conceptions of heaven and hell began in the seventh century as an early doctrinal innovation, but by the twelfth century, these notions had evolved into a highly formalized ideal of perfection. In tracking this transformation, Nerina Rustomji reveals the distinct material culture and aesthetic vocabulary Muslims developed to understand heaven and hell and identifies the communities and strategies of defense that took shape around the promise of a future world. Ideas of the afterworld pro
Who reads The Garden and the Fire : Heaven and Hell in Islamic Culture?
It is typically read by readers engaging with religious study and devotional practice.
Common subject areas: religion, theology.
- Author
- Nerina Rustomji
- Publisher
- New York: Columbia University Press
- Published
- 2009
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780231511834
- Category
- religious
- Subjects
- History, Islam, Philosophy
- Updated
- 2026-03-25