Getting God's ear : women, Islam, and healing in Saudi Arabia and the Gulf / Eleanor Abdella Doumato. [print]

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Columbia University Press, (c)2000.Description: xii, 312 pages, 16. pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
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Contents:
Introduction: Making Connections: Knowledge, Rituals, and Healing -- Women and Religious Learning: Piety and a Matter of Propriety -- Prayer, the Mosque, and the Ways Women Worship -- The Healing Power of Words: Ink, Spit, and Holy Speech -- Engaging Spirits: Prophylaxis, Witchcraft, Exorcisms, Trial by Ordeal, and Zar -- When Words Fail: Surgeries, Smells, and Salt Packing -- Conclusion: Community, Gender, and the Spiritual Experience -- Epilogue: Saudi Arabia, 1998 -- The Scene of the Action for Getting God's Ear.
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-- Introduction: Making Connections: Knowledge, Rituals, and Healing -- Women and Religious Learning: Piety and a Matter of Propriety -- Prayer, the Mosque, and the Ways Women Worship -- The Healing Power of Words: Ink, Spit, and Holy Speech -- Engaging Spirits: Prophylaxis, Witchcraft, Exorcisms, Trial by Ordeal, and Zar -- When Words Fail: Surgeries, Smells, and Salt Packing -- Conclusion: Community, Gender, and the Spiritual Experience -- Epilogue: Saudi Arabia, 1998 -- The Scene of the Action for Getting God's Ear.

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