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Preaching, a practice composed of and accompanied by a myriad of different activities, is an essential element of Muslim religious life both within and beyond mosques. As such, Islamic preaching is a common means of religious promulgation and knowledge transfer, of pastoral guidance and uplift, but also of communication between believers, and as a source of negotiating religious normativity, power relations, and societal topics. Given the centrality of preaching in Muslims' religious life, this collective volume presents contributions on various aspects of performance, text, space, and materiality of Islamic preaching in history and present. The interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary framework captures Islamic preaching as it unfolds in its social setting. The volume aims at representing the inner-Islamic diversity by depicting the practice of preaching as it came about in different times and geographical locations, shedding light onto Friday gatherings and sermons (ḫutba), and other forms of preaching (e. g. waʿẓ), be it during Ramadan, at religious feasts and commemorations, or on personal occasions such as weddings and funerals. Therefore, each chapter offers a different insight into the interwoven character of sermons' contents, the preacher him/herself, and the audience by emphasising the role of their bodily performance, of the temporality and spatiality of preaching, and of the objects and items involved.

In this stunningly eclectic debut anthology, buckle up for a journey through all of life's raw emotions. Each poem will leave you wandering in search of more or wondering what it's all about. Remember, there's always time to Open the Light.

This book investigates the compatibility between the doctrine of divine simplicity (DDS, hereafter) and divine free action primarily in the works of Avicenna and Anselm with an analytical approach. The book has three main objectives: (1) to thoroughly analyse both philosophers' views on DDS, divine free will, and their compatibility; (2) to put them into the context of the contemporary discourse of the philosophy of religion, by investigating whether it is possible to have freedom without the ability to do otherwise (as proposed by both philosophers for divine free will) with a reference to the prominent contemporary discussions initiated by Harry Frankfurt's counterexamples; and (3) to show the plausibility of the agent-causal view for divine freedom (as defended by Anselm and Avicenna) by briefly sketching an alternative account based on Anselmian intuitions (the meta-awareness account) which can avoid the reasons-explanation objection and the luck objection against the libertarian agent-causal view.

This book provides a broader understanding of infectious diseases and hearing loss prevention and treatment in children. In addition to all the common infections, the book covers the prion diseases, the autoinflammatory syndromes, and diseases of unknown etiology. A specific chapter is dedicated to cochlear implant infections. The final part reviews the available therapeutic agents. Written by international experts, the book will appeal to a wide readership, from ENT and pediatrics trainees, to practitioners and researchers in these disciplines.

Die Gastarbeiter, welche ab der zweiten Hälfte der 60er Jahre nach Österreich gekommen sind und auf die Rückkehr ins Heimatland verzichtet haben, konnten alle Entwicklungen in Bezug auf die Integrationspolitik - welche durch die Institutionalisierung einen öffentlichen Stellenwert bekommen - miterleben. In diesem Werk erfolgt eine kritische Darstellung ausgehend von der Gastarbeiter-Anwerbung bis zur Einbettung der Integrationspolitik mit einem Tiefblick in die Institutionalisierungsphase. Darüber hinaus wird durch die Studie die Betrachtungsweise der Gastarbeiter über die integrationspolitischen Entwicklungen und das Integrationsbild von den nächsten Generationen der Gastarbeiterfamilien dargestellt, welche für manche Leser die Möglichkeit eines Perspektivenwechsels anbieten wird.