Sorcery or science?: Contesting knowledge and practice in West African Sufi texts
The visible world -- The realms of the unseen -- The sciences of the unseen -- Bridging the worlds in prayer.
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| Type de support: | Imprimé Livre |
| Langue: | Anglais |
| Service de livraison Subito: | Commander maintenant. |
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University Park, Pennsylvania
The Pennsylvania State University Press
[2022]
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| Dans: | Année: 2022 |
| Collection/Revue: | The magic in history series
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| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Sufism (Sahara)
History
B Kuntī, Muḥammad bin al-Mukhtār (1765-1826) B Islamic magic (Sahara) History B Kuntī, al-Mukhtār ibn Aḥmad (1729 or 1730-1811) |
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| Édition parallèle: | Électronique
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| Résumé: | The visible world -- The realms of the unseen -- The sciences of the unseen -- Bridging the worlds in prayer. "Examines the works of two Sufi Muslim scholars, Sīdi al-Mukhtār al-Kuntī (d. 1811) and his son Sīdi Muḥammad (d. 1826), focusing on their cosmology and metaphysics of the realm of the unseen, in relation to the history of magical discourses within the Hellenistic and Arabo-Islamic worlds"-- |
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| Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 0271092300 |