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A timely publication, highly recommended for specialists and non-specialists alike. -- Youssef Choueiri Times Higher Education Supplement This gem of a book offers a thorough, evocative study... Essential. Choice A delightful book. -- David Reisman Journal of Islamic Studies A wide-ranging... welcome addition to a small and growing body of scholarship. -- Brannon Wheeler American Historical Review Rustomji has filled a real gap in the secondary literature... [The Garden and the Fire] is one of the best introductions to the Islamic eschatological literature. -- Walid Saleh Journal of the American Academy of Religion Highly useful not only to students and educated lay people but also to comparativists and specialists. -- Frederick S. Colby Journal of Religion

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List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction 1. The Garden 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

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      Publisher: Columbia University Press
      Publication Date: 01/10/2013
      ISBN13: 9780231140850, 978-0231140850
      ISBN10: 0231140851
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      Book Synopsis


      Trade Review
      A timely publication, highly recommended for specialists and non-specialists alike. -- Youssef Choueiri Times Higher Education Supplement This gem of a book offers a thorough, evocative study... Essential. Choice A delightful book. -- David Reisman Journal of Islamic Studies A wide-ranging... welcome addition to a small and growing body of scholarship. -- Brannon Wheeler American Historical Review Rustomji has filled a real gap in the secondary literature... [The Garden and the Fire] is one of the best introductions to the Islamic eschatological literature. -- Walid Saleh Journal of the American Academy of Religion Highly useful not only to students and educated lay people but also to comparativists and specialists. -- Frederick S. Colby Journal of Religion

      Table of Contents
      List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction 1. The Garden 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

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