Notes from the Fortune-telling Parrot: Islam and the Struggle for Religious Pluralism in Pakistan - Comparative Islamic Studies - David Pinault - Bøger - Equinox Publishing Ltd - 9781845533465 - 1. december 2008
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Notes from the Fortune-telling Parrot: Islam and the Struggle for Religious Pluralism in Pakistan - Comparative Islamic Studies

David Pinault

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

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.


256 pages

Medie Bøger     Paperback Bog   (Bog med blødt omslag og limet ryg)
Udgivet 1. december 2008
ISBN13 9781845533465
Forlag Equinox Publishing Ltd
Antal sider 256
Mål 233 × 156 × 18 mm   ·   392 g
Sprog Engelsk  

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