Locating Hell in Islamic Traditions

Islam is often seen as a religious tradition in which hell does not play a particularly prominent role. This volume challenges this hackneyed view. Locating Hell in Islamic Traditions is the first book-length analytic study of the Muslim hell. It maps out a broad spectrum of Islamic attitudes toward hell, from the Quranic vision(s) of hell to the pious cultivation of the fear of the afterlife, theological speculations, metaphorical and psychological...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004301216
• ISBN13: 9789004301214
• Release Date: September 2015
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.59 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.5"