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Magic In Islam

Magic In Islam

Knight, Michael Muhammad

Paperback

OccultReligion General Islam

ISBN10: 0399176705
ISBN13: 9780399176708
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Published: May 24 2016
Pages: 256
Weight: 0.40
Height: 0.60 Width: 5.40 Depth: 8.20
Language: English
The progenitor of Muslim punk rock and one of today's freshest spiritual voices pushes back against the common assumption that the historic faiths have no occult or magical tradition in this richly learned historical and personal journey through the practice of magic in Islam.

Magic in Islam offers a look at magical and occult technologies throughout Muslim history, starting with Islam's earliest and most canonical sources. In addition to providing a highly accessible introduction to magic as it is defined, practiced, condemned, and defended within Muslim traditions, Magic in Islam challenges common assumptions about organized religion.

Michael Muhammad Knight's deeply original book fills a gap within existing literature on the place of magic in Islamic traditions and opens a new window on Islam for general readers and students of religion alike. In doing so, the book counters and complicates widespread perceptions of Islam, as well as of magic as it is practiced outside of European contexts.

Magic in Islam also challenges our view of organized religions as clearly defined systems that can be reduced to checklists of key doctrines, texts, and rules. As a result, Magic in Islam throws a monkey wrench into the conventions of the intro to Islam genre, threatening to flip popular notions of a religion's center and margins.

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