Getting God's ear : women, Islam, and healing in Saudi Arabia and the Gulf /
Doumato, Eleanor Abdella,
Getting God's ear : women, Islam, and healing in Saudi Arabia and the Gulf / [print] Eleanor Abdella Doumato. - New York : Columbia University Press, (c)2000. - xii, 312 pages, 16. pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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.
99035113
Women--Social conditions--Saudi Arabia--20th century.
Women--Religious life--History--Saudi Arabia--20th century.
Women healers--History--Saudi Arabia--20th century.
Women--Legal status, laws, etc.--History--Saudi Arabia--20th century.
Wahhabiyah--History--Saudi Arabia--20th century.
HQ1730.D738.G488 2000
Getting God's ear : women, Islam, and healing in Saudi Arabia and the Gulf / [print] Eleanor Abdella Doumato. - New York : Columbia University Press, (c)2000. - xii, 312 pages, 16. pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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.
99035113
Women--Social conditions--Saudi Arabia--20th century.
Women--Religious life--History--Saudi Arabia--20th century.
Women healers--History--Saudi Arabia--20th century.
Women--Legal status, laws, etc.--History--Saudi Arabia--20th century.
Wahhabiyah--History--Saudi Arabia--20th century.
HQ1730.D738.G488 2000