Description: A wide-ranging consideration of the place of dreams and visions in Islamic societies from the pre-modern period to the present.
Brief description: Alexander D. Knysh is The Sharjah Professor of Islamic Studies, Department of Arabic and Middle East Studies, University of Exeter, United Kingdom.
Review Quotes:
"This book provides a marvelous appreciative look at an important aspect of the art of narrative across many facets of Muslim community life, and the endurance of that art through the centuries. The stories communicate not only substantial elements of theological importance but a pervasive sense of the significance of personal relationships, especially affection for the Prophet, all told with much warmth and wit." -- John Renard, author of Islam and Christianity: Theological Themes in Comparative Perspective