Sorcery or Science?: Contesting Knowledge and Practice in West African Sufi Texts (Magic in History) 9780271093062, 9780271092294, 0271093064

Sorcery or Science?: Contesting Knowledge and Practice in West African Sufi Texts 9780271093079

Sorcery or Science? examines how two Sufi Muslim theologians who rose to prominence in the western Sahara Desert in the

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Cloth in West African History 9780759114234, 2005025535

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Cloth in West African History (African Archaeology Series) 0759104212, 9780759104211

In this holistic approach to the study of textiles and their makers, Colleen Kriger charts the role cotton has played in

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Knowledge and Practice in Mayotte: Local Discourses of Islam, Sorcery and Spirit Possession 9781442676534

Essential reading for those interested in the comparative study of Islamic societies, Lambek's argument directly co

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Contesting Forestry in West Africa 9781138741904, 9781315182230

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Sorcery, Totem, and Jihad in African Philosophy 9781350013117, 9781350013148, 9781350013100

In this significant new work in African Philosophy, Christopher Wise explores deconstruction’s historical indebtedness t

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Sorcery, Totem, and Jihad in African Philosophy 1350013102, 9781350013100

In this significant new work in African Philosophy, Christopher Wise explores deconstruction's historical indebtedn

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War Magic: Religion, Sorcery, and Performance 9781785333309

This compelling volume explores how war magic and warrior religion unleash the power of the gods, demons, ghosts, and th

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Deep Knowledge: Ways of Knowing in Sufism and Ifa, Two West African Intellectual Traditions 9780271087634

This book is an in-depth, comparative study of two of the most popular and influential intellectual and spiritual tradit

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Magic as a Political Crime in Medieval and Early Modern England: A History of Sorcery and Treason 9781786722911, 9781788310215, 1786722917

Treason and magic were first linked together during the reign of Edward II. Theories of occult conspiracy then regularly

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