TY  - BOOK
AU  - Matthee,Rudolph P.
TI  - Angels tapping at the wine-shop's door: a history of alcohol in the Islamic world 
SN  - 9780197756331
AV  - GT2884 
U1  - 394.13091767 23
PY  - 2023///
CY  - London
PB  - Hurst & Company
KW  - Drinking of alcoholic beverages
KW  - Islamic countries
KW  - History
KW  - Religious aspects
KW  - Islam
KW  - Food and Drink
KW  - ukslc
KW  - Cultural studies: customs & traditions
KW  - thema
KW  - Social life and customs
N1  - Also issued in print: 2023; Includes bibliographical references and index; Specialized
N2  - Islam is the only major world religion that resists the juggernaut of alcohol consumption. In many Islamic countries, alcohol is banned; in others, it plays little role in social life. Yet, Muslims throughout history did drink, often to excess - whether sultans and shahs in their palaces, or commoners in taverns run by Jews or Christians. This evocative study delves into drinking's many historic, literary and social manifestations in Islam, going beyond references to 'hypocrisy' or the temptations of 'forbidden fruit'. Rudi Matthee argues that alcohol, through its 'absence' as much as its presence, takes us to the heart of Islam. Exploring the long history of this faith - from the eight-century Umayyad dynasty to Erdogan's Turkey, and from Islamic Spain to modern Pakistan - he unearths a tradition of diversity and multiplicity in which Muslims drank, and found myriad excuses to do so
UR  - https://go.openathens.net/redirector/lords.parliament.uk?url=https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780197694718.001.0001
ER  -