The Calls of Islam

Sufis, Islamists, and Mass Mediation in Urban Morocco

Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Middle East Religions, Sufism, History, Africa, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Anthropology
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Author: Emilio Spadola ISBN: 9780253011459
Publisher: Indiana University Press Publication: December 25, 2013
Imprint: Indiana University Press Language: English
Author: Emilio Spadola
ISBN: 9780253011459
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Publication: December 25, 2013
Imprint: Indiana University Press
Language: English

The sacred calls that summon believers are the focus of this study of religion and power in Fez, Morocco. Focusing on how dissemination of the call through mass media has transformed understandings of piety and authority, Emilio Spadola details the new importance of once–marginal Sufi practices such as spirit trance and exorcism for ordinary believers, the state, and Islamist movements. The Calls of Islam offers new ethnographic perspectives on ritual, performance, and media in the Muslim world.

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The sacred calls that summon believers are the focus of this study of religion and power in Fez, Morocco. Focusing on how dissemination of the call through mass media has transformed understandings of piety and authority, Emilio Spadola details the new importance of once–marginal Sufi practices such as spirit trance and exorcism for ordinary believers, the state, and Islamist movements. The Calls of Islam offers new ethnographic perspectives on ritual, performance, and media in the Muslim world.

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