Sorcery or science? contesting knowledge and practice in West African Sufi texts / Ariela Marcus-Sells.
| Author/creator | Marcus-Sells, Ariela, 1985- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2022] |
| Description | xiii, 214 pages : illustrations (black and white), map ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | The magic in history series Magic in history. ^A710207 |
| Contents | The visible world -- The realms of the unseen -- The sciences of the unseen -- Bridging the worlds in prayer. |
| Abstract | "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"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-199) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2021054031 |
| ISBN | 9780271092294 (cloth) |