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The Dream in Islam : From Qur'anic Tradition to Jihadist Inspiration /
The war in the Middle East is marked by a lack of cultural knowledge on the part of the western forces, and this book deals with another, widely ignored element of Islam-the role of dreams in everyday life. The practice of using night dreams to make important life decisions can be traced to Middle E...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York; Oxford :
Berghahn Books,
[2011]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Preface to the Paperback Edition
- Foreword. Anthropological Skepticism Encounters Dreamed Realities Following Fieldwork in Pakistan
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. Context and History: Dreams as Perceived Metaphysical and Divinatory Knowledge in Islam
- Chapter 2. Methodology
- Chapter 3. Istikhara: Islamic Dream Incubation
- Chapter 4. Sufism and Dreaming
- Chapter 5. Militant Jihadist Dreaming in the Middle East and the United Kingdom
- Chapter 6. Dreams of Mullah Omar, Taliban Leader
- Chapter 7. Dream Interpretation Resources (Dictionaries) in Islam
- Chapter 8. A Comparison of Islamic Dream Theory and Western Psychological Theories of the Dream
- Conclusion
- Epilogue. The Marriage of Heaven and Hell: Imagination, Creativity, and Political Agency in the Inspirational Night Dream in Islam
- Glossary
- References
- Index