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

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"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&...

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Marcus-Sells, Ariela, 1985-
Place / Publishing House:University Park, Pennsylvania : : The Pennsylvania State University Press,, [2022]
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Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
Series:Magic in history.
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Sorcery or Science? : Contesting Knowledge and Practice in West African Sufi Texts / Ariela Marcus-Sells.
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Magic in History
The visible world -- The realms of the unseen -- The sciences of the unseen -- Bridging the worlds in prayer.
"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.
Description based on print version record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Islamic magic Sahara History.
Sufism.
Sufism Sahara History.
Kuntī, al-Mukhtār ibn Aḥmad, 1729 or 1730-1811.
Kuntī, Muḥammad bin al-Mukhtār, 1765-1826.
Print version: Marcus-Sells, Ariela Sorcery or Science? University Park : Penn State University Press,c2022 9780271092294
Magic in history.
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The visible world -- The realms of the unseen -- The sciences of the unseen -- Bridging the worlds in prayer.
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title_sub Contesting Knowledge and Practice in West African Sufi Texts /
title_full Sorcery or Science? : Contesting Knowledge and Practice in West African Sufi Texts / Ariela Marcus-Sells.
title_fullStr Sorcery or Science? : Contesting Knowledge and Practice in West African Sufi Texts / Ariela Marcus-Sells.
title_full_unstemmed Sorcery or Science? : Contesting Knowledge and Practice in West African Sufi Texts / Ariela Marcus-Sells.
title_auth Sorcery or Science? : Contesting Knowledge and Practice in West African Sufi Texts /
title_new Sorcery or Science? :
title_sort sorcery or science? : contesting knowledge and practice in west african sufi texts /
series Magic in History
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publisher The Pennsylvania State University Press,
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contents The visible world -- The realms of the unseen -- The sciences of the unseen -- Bridging the worlds in prayer.
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