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1 online resource |
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Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Orthographical and Bibliographical Note -- Introduction -- Part One: Islam and the African Context: Social and Religious Synthesis -- 1 Muslims in Non-Muslim Societies of Africa -- Religious Impulse -- Social Roots -- Religious Change -- Indigenous Response -- Reform Islam -- Mutuality -- 2 Islam and the African Religious Synthesis: Society and the Religious Outlook -- The Spiritual Life -- Sainthood (Wiláyah) and the Cult of Saints in Muslim West Africa -- The Power of Prayer to Curse -- Dreams and Dream-Interpretation -- Religious Healing -- Conclusion -- 3 Slavery, Clerics, and Muslim Society -- The Historical and Religious Origins of Slavery -- Methods of Acquiring Slaves -- Slaves in Jakhanke Traditions of Dispersion -- The Use of Slaves in Agriculture -- The Legal Position of Slaves -- The Ceremonial Functions of Slaves -- Emancipation and Clerical Attitudes -- Part Two: Islam, Africa, and Colonialism: Religion in History -- 4 Tcherno Aliou, the Walí of Goumba: Islam, Colonialism, and the Rural Factor in Futa Jallon, 1867-1912 -- Setting the Stage -- Invasion, Reprisal, and Dénouement -- The Rural Factor in Religious Militancy: The Shádhiliyya and the Hubbubé -- The Hubbu Movement -- Environment and Religious Militancy: A Postscript -- 5 Saints, Virtue, and Society in Muslim Africa: The History of a Theme -- Saints in Society -- Scriptural Foundations of Sainthood -- The Holy and the Sacred -- The Roots of Saintship in North African Islam -- Cenobitic Overtures in West African Islam -- Virtue and Spells -- Sainthood and Saint Veneration: The Mourides of Senegal -- Part Three: Education and Society: The Roots of Muslim Identity -- 6 A Childhood Muslim Education: Barakah, Identity, and the Roots of Change -- Historical Background -- Enrollment |
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The Teacher -- Pupils -- Bonfire -- School -- Discipline -- Learning: Medicine and Individual Effort -- Examination -- Conformity -- 7 The Arabic Language in African Education -- Resilience of Tradition -- Colonial Factor -- Reform -- Religion -- Scale -- Voluntary Effort -- Language Pedagogy -- Economics -- The African Language Factor -- 8 Action and Reaction Among Freetown Muslims: Factionalism, Pluralism, and Muslim Agency -- Historical Antecedents -- Freetown Muslims -- Community and Dissent -- Muslim Congress -- Christian Example -- Muslim Brotherhood -- Factionalism -- Foreign Support -- Organizational Impetus -- Competition -- Urban-Rural Islam -- Part Four: Muslims and the Secular National State in Africa: Politics and the Religious Potential -- 9 Religion and Politics with Reference to Africa: A Comparative Religious Critique -- On Origin and Tension -- The Islamic Religious and Political Ferment -- The State: Source or Instrument? Christian Ruminations -- Summary and Conclusions -- 10 "The Crown and the Turban": Public Policy Issues in Christian-Muslim Relations, with Special Reference to Africa -- Stage I: Christianity and the Demise of Territorial Christendom -- Stage II: Islamic Territoriality and the Countertradition -- Stage III: The Roots of Controversy-Caesar Crowned and Turbaned? -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- About the Book and Author -- Index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on print version record |
| Subject |
Islam -- Africa, West
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- Political Advocacy.
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Islam
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Islam
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Pluralismus
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Islamieten.
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Pluralisme (algemeen)
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Islam -- Afrique occidentale.
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West Africa
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Westafrika
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2020690761 |
| ISBN |
9780429976353 |
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0429976356 |
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9780429496721 |
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0429496729 |
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