Notes from the Fortune-telling Parrot explores the richness of Pakistan's religious landscape, giving attention to a number of topics: Shia flagellation processions, Urdu-language pulp fiction, street
Francis Valerian Hammond: the most gifted young Egyptologist of his generation—or a crackpot so unstable that he merits his current residence in the locked ward of a psychiatric facility?Scrawled writ
In spite of the monolithic connotations of the official designation of Pakistan as an "Islamic Republic," the South Asian country is rich in its religious diversity and is characterized by ongoing con
Pinault (religious studies, Santa Clara U.) explores Muharram rituals and interfaith relations in Ladakh, Darjeeling, and Hyderabad. The publicly staged rituals commemorate the seventh-century death o
This book on Islam has an unusual perspective. It argues that a critically minded examination of Islam can help Christians achieve a deeper appreciation of the unique truths of their own faith. It dr
This work comprises a literary comparison of surviving alternative versions of selected narrative-cycles from the Nights. Pinault draws on the published Arabic editions--especially Bulaq, MacNaghten,
