Miracles and Material Life : Rice, Ore, Traps and Guns in Islamic Malaya /

"In this ground-breaking new study, Teren Sevea reveals the economic, environmental and religious significance of Islamic miracle workers (pawangs ) in the nineteenth- and twentieth-century Malay world. Through close textual analysis of hitherto overlooked manuscripts and personal interaction w...

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Main Author: Sevea, Teren, 1979- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2020
©2020
Series:Asian connections
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