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This eloquent ethnography reveals the daily lives and religious practice of ordinary Muslim men in Tajikistan as they aspire to become Sufi mystics. Benjamin Gatling describes in vivid detail the range of expressive forms -- memories, stories, poetry, artifacts, rituals, and other embodied practices -- employed as they try to construct a Sufi life in twenty-first-century Central Asia. Gatling demonstrates how Sufis transcend the oppressive religious...
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"In a world where thorns pierce the flesh of our lives, one woman's journey through pain, illness, and uncertainty unfolds in a story that is as raw as it is inspiring. Meet author Julie K. Rhodes, a "non-dramatic" running mother who aspires to keep her acting career afloat and her kids educated during the pandemic. But then something unexpected happens, throwing her into a perplexing struggle with an illness that is still mysterious and stubborn...