Cough sweets and angels: The ordinary ethics of the extraordinary in Sufi practice in Lebanon

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 407-425

  Clarke, Morgan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84904885026     PISSN: 13590987     EISSN: 14679655     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9655.12117     Document Type: Article

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