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    Sufis & saints' bodies mysticism, corporeality, & sacred power in Islam / by Kugle, Scott Alan, 1969-

    Published 2007
    “…Sufis and saints' bodies…”
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    Dreams and visions in Islamic societies

    Published 2012
    Table of Contents: “…Dreams in biographical, historical, theological, poetical, and oral narratives, and on the internet -- pt. 2. Dreams in Sufi literature.…”
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    Divine fertility : the continuity in transformation of an ideology of sacred kinship in Northeast Africa / by Mire, Sada, 1977-

    Published 2020
    Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Aims, structure, concepts, terminology, the movement of peoples and ideas -- Sacred landscapes, materiality and fertility rituals -- Material culture, fertility and sacrifice at the sacred site of Aw-Barkhadle -- In the name of divine kinship: the fertility bath, Bun Shuruur, Baanshada Dumarka, Zar, Sitaat, Wagar, Gudnid Fircooni (FGM) Waqlaal and Istunka -- Sacred fertility of a divine kinship ideology: indigenous institutions and Sufi Islam in the Horn of Africa -- An ideology of fertility in the archaeology of the Horn of Africa: Aw-Barkhadle and beyond -- Conclusions: Divine fertility of a sacred kinship ideology.…”
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    Women embracing Islam gender and conversion in the West /

    Published 2006
    Table of Contents: “…Conversion and gender, two contested concepts / Willy Jansen -- Gender and conversion to Islam in the West / Karin van Nieuwkerk -- Contextualizing conversion -- The quest for peace in submission: reflections on the journey of American women converts to Islam / Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad -- The shaping of a Scandinavian "Islam": converts and gender equal opportunity / Anne Sofie Roald -- Symbolizing distance: conversion to Islam in Germany and the United States / Monika Wohlrab-Sahr -- Discourses and narratives -- Gender, conversion, and Islam: a comparison of online and offline conversion narratives / Karin van Nieuwkerk -- The shifting significance of the halal/haram frontier: narratives on the hijab and other issues / Stefano Allievi -- Trajectories and paradigms -- Female conversion to Islam: the Sufi paradigm / Haifaa Jawad -- African American Islam as an expression of converts' religious faith and nationalist dreams and ambitions / Gwendolyn Zoharah Simmons -- Feminism and conversion: comparing British, Dutch, and South African life stories / Margot Badran -- Transmission and identity -- How Deborah became Aisha: the conversion process and the creation of female Muslim identity / Nicole Bourque -- Keeping the faith: convert Muslim mothers and the transmission of female Muslim identity in the West / Marcia Hermansen.…”
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