Brinkley Messick

4 books

The Calligraphic State: Textual Domination and History in a Muslim Society by Brinkley Messick

The Calligraphic State: Textual Domination and History in a Muslim Society

Brinkley Messick

324 pages • first pub 1992 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Shari'a Scripts: A Historical Anthropology by Brinkley Messick

Shari'a Scripts: A Historical Anthropology

Brinkley Messick

536 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction history religion sociology challenging informative medium-paced
The Calligraphic State, Volume 16: Textual Domination and History in a Muslim Society by Brinkley Messick

The Calligraphic State, Volume 16: Textual Domination and History in a Muslim Society

Comparative Studies on Muslim Societies

Brinkley Messick

324 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction sociology
Islamic Legal Interpretation: Muftis and Their Fatwas by Brinkley Messick, Muhammad Khalid Masud, David S. Powers, Usha Sanyal

Islamic Legal Interpretation: Muftis and Their Fatwas

Brinkley Messick, Muhammad Khalid Masud, David S. Powers, Usha Sanyal

431 pages • first pub 1996 (editions)

nonfiction religion informative medium-paced