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Many Latter-day Saints in Utah report visits from spirits-both the benevolent spirits of kin and threatening evil spirits-and understand these encounters with reference to key Latter-day teachings. In The Devil Sat on My Bed, Erin E. Stiles draws on interviews with members of Utah's Mormon community to explore their accounts of interactions with spirits and how they understand them.

In the mountains of bucolic northern Utah, many Latter-day Saints describe being visited by spirits. Local folklore is filled with stories of all kinds of uncanny encounters, and Latter-day Saint scripture and prophetic teachings emphasize the existence and importance of the spirit world. People report visits from the benevolent spirits of kin offering aid, and from evil spirits who tempt and harass. Combining folklore research with ethnograph...

Islamic Divorce in the 21st Century takes a close look at the ways that Muslims from West Africa to Southeast Asia engage with and navigate Islamic law and other relevant norms during times of marital breakdown in light of twenty-first century challenges and development.

Islamic Divorce in the 21st Century takes a close look at the ways that Muslims from West Africa to Southeast Asia engage with and navigate Islamic law and other relevant norms during times of marital breakdown in light of twenty-first century challenges and development.

A breakthrough study of the underexamined lived experience of Islam, sexuality, and gender on the Swahili coast.

A breakthrough study of the underexamined lived experience of Islam, sexuality, and gender on the Swahili coast.