Hagiographies Unbound

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter Cover
2. Contents vii
3. Note on Transliteration ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Introduction 1
6. Part 1. RAMMAL
7. Crossing the Line 29
8. Popular Nonsense 38
9. Legal Censure 46
10. Do Jinn Exist? 52
11. Virtuous Caution 58
12. A Scholar-Rammal 65
13. The Hesitant Officer 70
14. Metaphysical Pleasures 78
15. The Fantastic 87
16. Rammali Refashioned 93
17. Suppress, accommodate, sublimate 101
18. PART 2. SCIENTIST
19. Quantum Understanding 105
20. Empirical Spirits 112
21. Scientific Virtues 123
22. Wings of Imagination 136
23. Cosmic Mystics 145
24. Specters of Doubt 155
25. Becoming Witness 159
26. Authority in Experience 166
27. Experiments in Synthesis 171
28. PART 3. FRIEND OF GOD
29. A Protector Lost 175
30. Whips for the Wayfarers 181
31. Discretion and Publicity 191
32. The Politics of Veneration 199
33. Metaphysics of Vision 209
34. Technospiritual Reflexivity 217
35. Hagiographies Unbound 229
36. Conclusion 231
37. Note on the Cover Image 237
38. Notes 239
39. References 265
40. Index 287