The Garden and the Fire: Heaven and Hell in Islamic Culture

Nerina Rustomji

November, 2008
Cloth, 240 pages, 13 illus.
ISBN: 978-0-231-14084-3
$45.00 / £31.00

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. The Garden, by the Fire

2. Visions of the Afterworld

3. Material Culture and an Islamic Ethic

4. Otherworldly Landscapes and Earthly Realities

5. Humanity, by Servants

6. Individualized Gardens and Expanding Fires

7. Legacy of Gardens

Epilogue

Notes

Glossary

Bibliography

Index

Related Subjects

• Islam
• Middle East Studies

About the Author

Nerina Rustomji is assistant professor of history at St. John's University in Queens, New York. She recently received an American Council of Learned Societies Fellowship and an American Council of Overseas Fellowship for work on female companionship in the Islamic afterworld.

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