Thierry (Hrsg.) Zarcone

Shamanism and Islam

Sufism, Healing Rituals and Spirits in the Muslim World

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Here, Thierry Zarcone and Angela Hobart offer a vigorous and authoritative exploration of the link between Islam and shamanism in contemporary Muslim culture, examining how the old practice of shamanism was combined with elements of Sufism in order to adapt to wider Islamic society. Shamanism and Islam thus surveys shamanic practices in Central Asia, the Middle East, North Africa and the Balkans, to show how the Muslim shaman, like his Siberian counterpart, cultivated personal relations with spirits to help individuals through healing and divination. It explores the complexities and variety of rituals, involving music, dance and, in some regi… Mehr

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Hobart, Angela (Hrsg.)

ISBN: 978-1-78672-128-0
EAN: 9781786721280
Produktnummer: 34584565
Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
Seitenangabe: 408 S.
Plattform: EPUB
Masse: 16'407 KB

Über den Autor

Thierry Zarcone is Senior Researcher at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique in Paris, based at the Ecole Practique des Hautes Etudes, Paris. He has held visiting professorships at Kyoto and Fribourg, Switzerland, and is an expert on Islamic Studies and the history of systems of thought in the Turko-Iranian region.