Invoking the invisible in the Sahara: Islam, spiritual mediation, and social change
"In this innovative new history, Erin Pettigrew utilizes invisible forces and entities - esoteric knowledge and spirits - to show how these forms of knowledge and unseen forces have shaped social structures, religious norms, and political power in the Saharan West. Situating this ethnographic h...
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| Format: | Electronic/Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge University Press
2023
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African studies (159)
Year: 2023 |
| Series/Journal: | African studies
159 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Mauretanien
/ Sahara
/ Islam
/ Occultism
/ Belief in spirits
/ Social change
/ History
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| IxTheo Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AZ New religious movements BJ Islam KBN Sub-Saharan Africa TA History |
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Islamic occultism (Mauritania)
B Mauritania History, Local B Africa / Generals / HISTORY B Islamic occultism (Western Sahara) B Western Sahara History, Local B Supernatural Religious aspects Islam |
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