Islamic Piety in Medieval Syria: Mosques, Cemeteries and Sermons under the Zangids and Ayyūbids (1146-1260)

(ProQuest: ... denotes non-US-ASCII text omitted.) This work examines a wide array of what Talmon-Heller labels forms of "piety"--among them mosque going, prayers, sermons, exhortations, funerals, and grave and shrine visitations--in and around Syrian mosques, cemeteries, and shrines during the Crusader period (1146-1260). With descriptions that cannot fail to conjure to mind popular American revivals--indeed, Ibn al-Jawzi uses the term yaqza (revival)--Talmon-Heller describes popular assemblies by focusing on the emotional delivery, intentional avoidance of theology, and passionate group acceptance/embrace of these popular preachers. [...]the study will primarily be useful to a specialized audience.