Christopher S. Taylor, Ph.D. (1989) in Near Eastern Studies, Princeton, is Associate Professor of Religious Studies and Director of the Middle East Studies Program at Drew University in Madison, New Jersey.
'...a welcome addition to a badly underexamined phenomenon.'
Brannon Wheeler, Religious Studies Review, 1999.
'…I can wholeheartedly recommend this book to anyone interested in
the fascinating field of Muslim saint worship, both in the past and
in the present.'
Nico Kaptein, Biblioteca Orientalis, 1999.
'… Taylor was able to extract from his material a highly
interesting, often intriguing portrait of this subject…'
Paul E. Walker, Mamlâk Studies Review, 2000.
'…an important contribution to the study of medieval Muslim
religious practice.'
Adam Sabra, Al-Abbath, 1999.
'This interesting and well-written book is an important
contribution to the social and religious history of Egypt in the
Mamluk period…this is a fine and significant book, which greatly
increases our understanding of teh complicated and rich nature of
religious life under the Mamluk in Egypt.'
Reuven Amitai, Journal of American Oriental Society, 2000.
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