October 29, 2018
How did pious medieval Muslims experience health and disease? Rooted in the prophet’s experiences with medicine and healing, Muslim pietistic literature developed cosmologies in which physical suffering and medical interventions interacted with religious obligations and spiritual health.
In this video, Ahmed Ragab discusses his recent publication, Piety and Patienthood in Medieval Islam. Ragab is Richard T. Watson Associate Professor of Science and Religion at Harvard Divinity School.
Respondents:
Mark Jordan, Richard Reinhold Niebuhr Professor of Divinity, Harvard Divinity School
Nancy Khalek, William A. Dyer Jr. Assistant Professor of the Humanities, Brown University
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