Bøker av Catharina Raudvere

Assessing Islam as a truly global phenomenon, this title explains the significance of the revelation of the Prophet Muhammad and the origins of the different Sunni and Shi'a groups within Islam, giving comprehensive coverage to Muslim ritual life and Islamic ethics.

As Alevi rituals and festivals are displayed more openly questions have arisen as to what this branch of Islamic heterodoxy represents in terms of old and new identities, these topics are addressed by some prominent scholars in the field. Comparative studies of neighbouring syncretistic groups are included

Between the age of St. Augustine and the sixteenth century reformations magic continued to be both a matter of popular practice and of learned inquiry. This volume deals with its use in such contexts as healing and divination and as an aspect of the knowledge of nature's occult virtues and secrets.