Brill Die Geheimnisse der höheren und der niederen Welt: Magie im Islam zwischen Glaube und Wissenschaft: 158 (Islamic History and Civilization, 158)

Product Description Die Geheimnisse der höheren und der niederen Welt (The Secrets of the Higher and the Lower World) offers fascinating new insights into the world of magic in Islam, including its historical developments, key figures, geographical variants, and modern-day practices. Review ".. the most comprehensive overview of this topic in existence..." George Archer in Reading Religion, August 22, 2017. "The very act of bringing together such a large number of specialists in different areas of Islamic studies is an accomplishment in itself, and it is a timely one... Roads to Paradise maps out a beginning of modern academic research into Muslim eschatology." Sajjad Rizvi in Al-Abhath 64, 2016. About the Author Sebastian Günther is Professor and Chair of Arabic and Islamic Studies at the University of Göttingen. A specialist in Islamic thought, his publications include, with Todd Lawson, Roads to Paradise: Eschatology and Concepts of the Hereafter in Islam (Brill 2016). Dorothee Pielow (Lauer), a specialist in Arabic Studies and Ethnology, is an academic staff member at the University of Göttingen, with her current research focusing on magic in Islam. Among others, she published Lilith und ihre Schwestern (Grupplo 1998).