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Intro -- Abstract -- Acknowledgments -- Arabic Transliteration -- CHAPTER 1 Background Information to the Study -- Background and Motivation for the Research -- Locating the Marsabit Borana Muslims -- Religiocultural Background -- Research Rationale -- Central Concern -- Objectives of the Study -- Significance of the Study -- Delimitations -- Limitations -- Operational Definitions -- Assumptions -- Summary -- CHAPTER 2 Scholarly Works on Spirits in Islam -- Reasons for Examining the Concept of Jinn -- Studying the Concept of Jinn in Islam -- Some Scholarly Works on the Concept of Jinn -- Interpreting the Qur'anic Verses on Jinn -- Jinn in the Hadiths -- Some Aspects of Jinn -- Jinn Possession in Islam -- Islamic Texts on Jinn Possession -- Islamic Official Perspective on Dealing with Jinn Possession -- Jinn Possession in Contemporary Islamic Contexts -- Spirit Possession in African Muslim Communities -- Conceptualizing Spirit Possession -- Scholarly Approaches to Possession Cults in African Islamic Contexts -- The Ayyaana Cult among Borana Muslims -- Islam and African Possession Cults: Clash or Accommodation? -- Summary -- CHAPTER 3 Research Methodology -- Introduction -- Research Rationale -- Phenomenological Design and Theory of Spirit Possession -- Cognitive Anthropological Framework -- Studying Muslims -- Anthropology of Islam: The People Factor -- Methods Used for Contextual Study of Jinn and Possession in Official Islam -- Interviewing Muslim Teachers -- Analyzing the Interviews -- Anthropological Research on Ayyaana among Borana Muslims -- Steps in Entering the Field Research Setting -- Ethnographic Sampling -- Ethnographic Data Collection Methods -- Ethnographic Interviews -- Recording Ethnographic Data -- Collecting Language Data -- Participant Observation -- Data Management: Coding and Use of NVivo Software.