Sorcery or Science? - Contesting Knowledge and Practice in West African Sufi Texts

Info autore

Ariela Marcus-Sells is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Elon University.

Riassunto

Examines the works of two Sufi Muslim scholars, Sidi al-Mukhtar al-Kunti (d. 1811) and his son Sidi Mu?ammad (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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Ariela Marcus-Sells, Ariela (Elon University) Marcus-Sells
• Editore: University Presses
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 08.03.2022
• EAN: 9780271092294
• ISBN: 978-0-271-09229-4
• Dimensioni: 156 mm x 235 mm x 23 mm
• Peso: 522 g
• Illustrazioni: Raster,schwarz-weiss, Karten
• Serie: Magic in history
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Storia dei paesi e delle regioni; HISTORY / Modern / 18th Century, RELIGION / Islam / Sufi, HISTORY / Africa / West, RELIGION / Religion & Science, RELIGION / Mysticism, mysticism, African History, West Africa, Religion and science, Religion & science, Christian Mysticism, Sufism & Islamic Mysticism, Islamic groups: Sufis