In Amma\'s Healing Room: Gender and Vernacular Islam in South India, Paperback/Joyce Burkhalter Flueckiger - Indiana University Press

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" I]t is extremely salubrious to see the ways Islam works in the lives of ordinary people who are not politicized in their religious lives....
The result is a work of insight and compassion that challenges widely held views of religion and Gender in India and reveals the creativity of a tradition often portrayed by Muslims and non-Muslims alike as singular and monolithic..
Flueckiger collaborated closely with Amma and relates to her at different moments as daughter, disciple, and researcher.
In the "Healing room," Amma meets a diverse clientele that includes men and women, Muslim, Hindu, and Christian, of varied social backgrounds, who bring a wide range of physical, social, and psychological afflictions.
Joyce Burkhalter Flueckiger describes Amma\'s practice as a form of Vernacular Islam arising in a particular locality, one in which the boundaries between Islam, Hinduism, and Christianity are fluid.
No other book on South Asia has material like this." --Ann Grodzins Gold In Amma\'s Healing Room is a compelling study of the life and thought of a female Muslim spiritual healer in Hyderabad, South India. " I]t is extremely salubrious to see the ways Islam works in the lives of ordinary people who are not politicized in their religious lives...