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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Main Author: Pettigrew, Erin ca. 20./21. Jh. (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Cambridge New York Port Melbourne New Delhi Singapore Cambridge University Press 2023
In: 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
RelBib Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
AZ New religious movements
BJ Islam
KBN Sub-Saharan Africa
TA History
Further subjects:B 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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