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26 Jul 2019
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Descending with angels

Islamic exorcism and psychiatry: a film monograph

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9781526140326
Publisher:
Manchester University Press
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Subjects:
Anthropology
Keywords:
jinn possession; ruqya; Islamic exorcism; psychiatry; Muslims in Europe; faith and doubt; placebo; visual anthropology and ethnographic film; ritual healing; the invisible
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(240 total)
Publisher:
Manchester University Press

Series: Anthology, Creative Practice and Ethnography

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