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Spirit Possession: Exploring the Role of the Textual Tradition in Islam

Werth, Megan Renee
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wright1334615227

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2012, Master of Humanities (MHum), Wright State University, Humanities.
This investigation focuses on locally specific manifestations of spirit possession found in Muslim societies throughout the world. Though allegedly founded on the same textual traditions, historians and anthropologists have observed that 'popular' and 'orthodox' Islamic practices have given rise to seemingly multiple, religiously inspired responses to societies'problems and to a variety of ritual acts. In spite of the numerous practices documented by scholars, a hidden narrative emerges, that Islamic spirit possession practices, whether licit or illicit, represent a phenomenon of tandem development between two distinct authorities, coexisting within a greater Islamic worldview. Muslims must deal with it in one way or another, due to a shared belief that spirit possession is an illness prevents the host and society from fully worshiping Allah. With this in mind, this study also addresses one aspect of the wider question about the relationship between the textual tradition and popular religious experience.
Geoffery Owens, PhD (Committee Chair)
Mark Verman, PhD (Committee Member)
Awad Halabi, PhD (Committee Member)
Ava Chamberlain, PhD (Other)
Andrew Hsu, PhD (Other)
112 p.
Islamic Studies

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  • Werth, M. R. (2012). Spirit Possession: Exploring the Role of the Textual Tradition in Islam [Master's thesis, Wright State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wright1334615227

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Werth, Megan. Spirit Possession: Exploring the Role of the Textual Tradition in Islam. 2012. Wright State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wright1334615227.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Werth, Megan. "Spirit Possession: Exploring the Role of the Textual Tradition in Islam." Master's thesis, Wright State University, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wright1334615227

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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