Frontmatter

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Preface to the Paperback Edition xi
5. Foreword. Anthropological Skepticism Encounters Dreamed Realities Following Fieldwork in Pakistan xxx
6. Introduction 1
7. Chapter 1. Context and History: Dreams as Perceived Metaphysical and Divinatory Knowledge in Islam 7
8. Chapter 2. Methodology 27
9. Chapter 3. Istikhara: Islamic Dream Incubation 42
10. Chapter 4. Sufism and Dreaming 54
11. Chapter 5. Militant Jihadist Dreaming in the Middle East and the United Kingdom 65
12. Chapter 6. Dreams of Mullah Omar, Taliban Leader 79
13. Chapter 7. Dream Interpretation Resources (Dictionaries) in Islam 95
14. Chapter 8. A Comparison of Islamic Dream Theory and Western Psychological Theories of the Dream 111
15. Conclusion 119
16. Epilogue. The Marriage of Heaven and Hell: Imagination, Creativity, and Political Agency in the Inspirational Night Dream in Islam 124
17. Glossary 137
18. References 139
19. Index 146