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Descending with angels : Islamic exorcism and psychiatry : a film monograph / Christian Suhr.
Van Pelt Library BP188.18.S53 S84 2019
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Suhr, Christian, 1978- author.
- Series:
- Anthropology, creative practice and ethnography
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Psychoses--Treatment--Religious aspects--Islam.
- Psychoses.
- Psychiatry and religion.
- Spirit possession--Islam.
- Spirit possession.
- Psychoses--Treatment.
- Islam.
- Physical Description:
- xix, 219 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2019.
- Contents:
- 1 Invisibility and Islamic healing in the West p. 1
- 2 How to take jinn possession seriously p. 28
- 3 Jinn exorcisms on YouTube p. 55
- 4 How to become a patient p. 79
- 5 Healing through sacrifice p. 113
- 6 Ruqya, psychotropics, and montage p. 137
- 7 No healing here p. 166.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Ebook version :
- ISBN:
- 9781526140319
- 1526140314
- 9781526145918
- 152614591X
- OCLC:
- 1108746512
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