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Twilight of the saints

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Grehan, James author
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Title Twilight of the saints : everyday religion in Ottoman Syria and Palestine / James Grehan.
Publisher New York, NY : Oxford University Press
Creation Date [2014]
Notes Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-327) and index.
Content Introduction -- Religious possibilities -- Magic men -- A religion of tombs -- Sacred landscapes -- Haunted landscapes -- Blood and prayer -- Conclusion -- Appendix A: Mosques in Ottoman Syria and Palestine (c. 1870) -- Appendix B: Population and religion in Ottoman Syria and Palestine (c. 1870) -- Appendix C: Christian and Jewish infrastructure in Ottoman Syria and Palestine (c. 1870) -- Appendix D: Sufi lodges in Ottoman Syria and Palestine (c. 1870).
Extent x, 341 pages : illustrations, maps
25 cm.
Language English
Copyright Date ©2014
National Library system number 990037938120205171

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