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Book SynopsisThe violent partitioning of British India along religious lines and communalist aggression have compelled Indian citizens to contend with the notion that an exclusive, fixed religious identity is fundamental to selfhood. This title traces the long-term healing processes of Muslim and Hindu devotees of a complex of dargahs in northwestern India.
Trade Review"One of the best books on possession healing to appear, [and] on the construction of local religious culture in India." -- Frederick M. Smith, University of Iowa Religious Studies Review "The Powerful Ephemeral is an excellent ethnographic addition to literature on religion, healing and South Asia." -- Matthew A. Cook Contemporary Islam
