Sufism in Ottoman Damascus: Religion, Magic, and the Eighteenth-Century Networks of the Holy 9781000962611, 9781032497976, 9781032498027, 9781003395539, 100096261X

Sufism in Ottoman Damascus (Routledge Sufi Series) 9781032497976, 9781032498027, 9781003395539, 1032497971

Sufism in Ottoman Damascus analyzes thaumaturgical beliefs and practices prevalent among Muslims in eighteenth-century O

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Taste of Modernity: Sufism, Salafiyya, and Arabism in Late Ottoman Damascus 9789004119086, 9004119086

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Sufism, the Reality of Religion 0910735808, 9780910735803

In this unique contribution, the author presents the true essence of the spiritual experience and the scientist's q

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The Barber of Damascus: Nouveau Literacy in the Eighteenth-Century Ottoman Levant 9780804788281

Told through the life and work of a barber—Ibn Budayr—this book explores emerging written historical forms by non-schola

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Holy Wars and Holy Alliance: The Return of Religion to the Global Political Stage 9780231543910

A close look at the return of religion to international politics.

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The Kizilbash-Alevis in Ottoman Anatolia: Sufism, Politics and Community 9781474432689, 9781474432702, 9781474432719

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The golden bough: a study in magic and religion

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The Kizilbash-Alevis in Ottoman Anatolia: Sufism, Politics and Community 9781474432702

Winner of the 2020 SERMEISS Book Award for outstanding scholarship in Middle Eastern/Islamic Studies Explores the transf

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Religion and Magic 9780585197258

This book is a survey summarising the approaches taken to religion and magic by the principal scholars in the preceding

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Holy Harlots: Femininity, Sexuality, and Black Magic in Brazil 9780520949430

Holy Harlots examines the intersections of social marginality, morality, and magic in contemporary Brazil by analyzing t

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