Heavenly Journeys, Earthly Concerns
The Legacy of the Mi'raj in the Formation of Islam
Religion in History, Society and Culture Series

This book examines how an elite group of traditionists, historians and theologians shaped Muslims' perceptions of their prophet, their community and their behavior by retelling and interpreting the story of Muhammad's ascent to heaven (the mi'raj).

Introduction; Chapter 1 Constructing the Prophet of God: Confirmation and Initiation in the Mi'raj; Chapter 2 The Mi'raj and the Early Muslims’ Communal and Confessional Identity; Chapter 3 Communal Reaction: Trials, Betrayal, and True Belief; Chapter 4 The Formation of Communal Morality: The Moral Concerns of the Medieval Elite;

Brooke Olson Vuckovic is currently Vice President of Course Development at Cardean University. Prior to joining Cardean, she was manageing director of Writing Unlimited, a writing consulting group. She received her M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Chicago, where she taught in the Divinity School, the College, and the Graduate School of Business.

Updating existing treatments of the sublime in the eighteenth century, this book addresses the nature of the sublime experience itself and the functions that experience has played, and continues to play, within aesthetic discourse.