Jamal J. Elias
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Religious Studies
Jamal J. Elias's Degrees
- PhD Religious Studies University of Chicago
- Masters Religious Studies University of Chicago
- Bachelors Religion Dartmouth College
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Jamal J. Elias is a scholar and professor of Religious Studies who currently serves as the Special Advisor to the Provost of Aga Khan University. He has written and lectured widely on the Qur'an, Sufism, poetry and modern society.
Jamal J. Elias's Published Works
Published Works
- (Un) making Idolatry: From Mecca to Bamiyan (2007) (28)
- On Wings of Diesel: Spiritual Space and Religious Imagination in Pakistani Truck Decoration (2003) (23)
- Prophecy, Power and Propriety: The Encounter of Solomon and the Queen of Sheba (2009) (19)
- The Sufi lords of Bahrabad: Sa'd Al‐din and Sadr Al‐din Hamuwayi (1994) (13)
- The Sufi Robe (Khirqa) as a Vehicle of Spiritual Authority (2001) (12)
- The Throne Carrier of God: The Life and Thought of ʿAlāʾ ad-Dawla as-Simnānī@@@The Throne Carrier of God: The Life and Thought of Ala ad-Dawla as-Simnani (1998) (11)
- On Wings of Diesel: Trucks, Identity and Culture in Pakistan (2011) (10)
- Ṣūfī tafsīr Reconsidered: Exploring the Development of a Genre (2010) (9)
- Truck decoration and religious identity: material culture and social function in pakistan (2005) (7)
- Aisha’s Cushion: Religious Art, Perception, and Practice in Islam (2012) (6)
- Alef Is for Allah: Childhood, Emotion, and Visual Culture in Islamic Societies (2018) (6)
- Sufi Saints and Shrines in Muslim Society: Introduction (2000) (3)
- 8. Islam and the Devotional Image in Pakistan (2010) (3)
- A KUBRAW? TREATISE ON MYSTICAL VISIONS: THE RISĀLA‐YI NŪRIYYA OF ‘ALĀ’ AD‐DAWLA AS‐SIMNĀN? (1993) (3)
- Mevlevi Sufis and the Representation of Emotion in the Arts of the Ottoman World (2017) (1)
- A Second 'Al?: The Making of Sayyid 'Al? Hamadān? in Popular Imagination (2000) (1)
- William C. Chittick, The Sufi Path of Knowledge: Ibn al- Arabi's Metaphysics of Imagination (Albany: State University of New York Press, 1989). Pp. 500. (1992) (0)
- Toy Guns and the Real Dead in Iran (2018) (0)
- 8 Sufism and the Metaphysics of Resemblance (2012) (0)
- John J. Curry. The Transformation of Muslim Mystical Thought in the Ottoman Empire: The Rise of the Halveti Order, 1350–1650. (2013) (0)
- 4 Idols, Icons, and Images in Islam (2012) (0)
- Prologue: The Promise of a Meaningful Image (2012) (0)
- 2 The Icon and the Idol (2012) (0)
- 7 Dreams, Visions, and the Imagination (2012) (0)
- The Poster Children of Pakistan (2018) (0)
- 5 Beauty, Goodness, and Wonder (2012) (0)
- Sufism and Islamic Identity in Jalaluddin Rumi’s Anatolia (2019) (0)
- Emotion and Its Affects (2018) (0)
- 3 Iconoclasm, Iconophobia, and Islam (2012) (0)
- 9 Words, Pictures, and Signs (2012) (0)
- The Tao of Islam: A Sourcebook on Gender Relahonships in Islamic Thought, Sachiko Murata, Albany: State University of New York Press, 1992, x + 397 pp., 2 appendices, 3 indices, postscript and bibliography, no price listed. (1995) (0)
- Ṣūfī thought and practice in the teachings of ʿAlāʾ ad-dawla as-Simnānī (1991) (0)
- Bringing Up Baby: The Construction of Childhood (2018) (0)
- 10 Legibility, Iconicity, and Monumental Writing (2012) (0)
- Cuteness and Childhood in Turkey (2018) (0)
- Ultimate Sacrifice: (2019) (0)
- Of Children, Adults, and Tomorrow: A Conclusion (2018) (0)
- 1 Representation, Resemblance, and Religion (2012) (0)
- 11. The Politics of Pashtun and Punjabi Truck Decoration (2012) (0)
- 6 Alchemy, Appearance, and Essence (2012) (0)
- Of Children, Objects, and Seeing: An Introduction (2018) (0)
- Preface on Abbreviations and Conventions (2012) (0)
- Good Muslims Do Their Homework (2018) (0)
- The Legacy of Mediaeval Persian Sufism, edited by Leonard Lewisohn. Foreword by Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh. Introduction by S.H. Nasr. 434 pages, illustrations, bibliography, index. London & New York: Khaniqah Nimatullahi Publications, 1992. (Paper) ISBN 0–933546-46–7 (1995) (0)
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