Aisha's Cushion: Religious Art, Perception, and Practice in Islam

by Jamal J. Elias

Media coverage of the Danish cartoon crisis and the destruction of the Buddhas of Bamiyan left Westerners with a strong impression that Islam does not countenance depiction of religious imagery. Jamal J. Elias corrects this view by revealing the complexity of Islamic attitudes toward representational religious art. Aisha's Cushion emphasizes Islam's perceptual and intellectual modes and in so doing offers the reader both insight into Islamic...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674058062
• ISBN13: 9780674058064
• Release Date: November 2012
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.5" x 9.3"