Stephen Burge, an Institute of Ismaili Studies Research Associate, presented a paper at the Annual Conference of the British Association for the Study of Religions (BASR) titled “Religion, Landscapes and other Uncertain Boundaries”, which took place from 7th to 9th September 2009. The attendees heard presentations on subjects ranging from Judaism to New Religious Movements, as well as a number of papers on themes in Islamic Studies.
Burge’s paper, entitled ‘Angels and Sacred Space in Islam’, looked at ways in which angels are used to create, denote and give authority to sacred spaces, as described in the hadith of Prophet Muhammad.
The paper’s main theme is that angels are used in Islamic tradition to blur the boundaries between heaven and earth, drawing the divine world into a more intimate relationship with the earthly.
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