The Praiseworthy One - by Christiane Gruber (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br><p>1. In this book Christiane Gruber takes up the important and controversial issue of representations of Muhammad (both visual and verbal) and carefully traces the history of Muhammad in the Islamic imaginary. This will be the definitive study of visual and material devotion to the Prophet Muhammad--and of central importance to current debates about Islam and representation.</p> <p>2. Gruber's articles on the Charlie Hebdo incident for Newsweek went viral--and she says the response from Muslims has been positive, including some who sent her other representations of the prophet in their possession.</p> <p>3. Gruber is a reknown senior scholar of Islamic art. She has recently accepted a tenured position at the University of Michigan and her research continues to earn accolades and strong financial support. </p></p><p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>In the wake of controversies over printing or displaying images of the Prophet Muhammad, Christiane Gruber's aim is to bring back into scholarly and public discussion the 'lost' history of imagining the Prophet in Islamic cultures. By studying the various verbal and visual constructions of the Prophet's character and persona over the course of more than one thousand years, Gruber seeks to correct public misconceptions and restore to Islam its rich artistic heritage, illuminating the critical role Muhammad has played in Muslim constructions of self and community at different times and in various cultural contexts. </p><br/><p><i>The Praiseworthy One</i> is an exploration of the Prophet Muhammad's significance in Muslim life and thought from the beginning of Islam to today. It pays particular attention to procedures of narration, veneration, and sacralization. Gruber stresses that a fruitful approach to extant textual and visual materials is one that emphasizes the harnessing of Muhammad's persona as a larger metaphor to explain both past and present historical events, to build and delineate a sense of community, and to help individuals conceive of and communicate with the realm of the sacred. <i>The Praiseworthy One</i> shows that Muhammad has served as a polyvalent symbol rather than a historical figure with fixed significance.</p></p><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p>Christiane Gruber is Associate Professor of Islamic Art at the University of Michigan. She is editor of <i>The Islamic Manuscript Tradition</i> (IUP 2009) and (with Frederick S. Colby) of <i>The Prophet's Ascension: Cross-Cultural Encounters with the Islamic Mi'raj Tales </i>(IUP, 2009) and author of <i>The Timurid Book of Ascension (Mi'rajnama): A Study of Text and Image in a Pan-Asian Context</i> and <i>The Ilkhanid Book of Ascension: A Persian-Sunni Prayer Manual.</i></p>
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