Notes from the Fortune-telling Parrot: Islam and the Struggle for Religious Pluralism... (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)

Notes from the Fortune-telling Parrot: Islam and the Struggle for Religious Pluralism in Pakistan

(Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Forfatter: David Pinault

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Explores the richness of Pakistan's religious landscape, giving attention to a number of topics: Shia flagellation processions, Urdu-language pulp fiction, streetside rituals involving animals (pariah-kites and fortune-telling parrots), and the use of sorcery to contend with the jinns that are believed to infest cities such as Lahore.

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Forlag Equinox Publishing Ltd
Forfatter David Pinault
Type Bog
Format Paperback / softback
Sprog Engelsk
Udgivelsesdato 01-12-2008
Første udgivelsesår 2008
Serie Comparative Islamic Studies
Originalsprog United Kingdom
Sideantal 256
Indbinding Paperback / softback
Forlag Equinox Publishing Ltd
Sideoplysninger 256 pages
Mål 156 x 233 x 18
ISBN-13 / EAN-13 9781845533465