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Author Reese, Scott Steven.

Title Renewers of the age : holy men and social discourse in colonial Benaadir / by Scott Reese
Published Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2008

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Description 1 online resource (x, 246 pages) : map
Series Islam in Africa, 1570-3754 ; v. 9
Islam in Africa ; v. 9.
Contents Contents; Acknowledgements; Note on Transliteration, Personal and Place Names; MAP; Chapter One Introduction: The 'Ulamä' as "local intellectuals"; Chapter Two Religious History as Social History; Chapter Three Saints, Scholars and the Acquisition of Discursive Authority; Chapter Four Urban Woes and Pious Remedies: Sufis, Urbanites, and Managing Social Crises in the Nineteenth Century; Chapter Five When is Kafä'a Kifayah?--Sufi Leadership, Religious Authority and Questions of Social Inequality
Chapter Six The Best of Guides: Sufi Poetry, theological writing and Comprehending Qädiriyya popularity in the Early Twentieth CenturyEpilogue: End of the Sufi Era; Appendix One; Appendix Two; Bibliography; Index
Summary Using the urban culture of southern Somalia, known as the Benaadir, this book explores the role of local 'ulama' as popular intellectuals in the early colonial period. It examines the place of religious discourse as social discourse and how religious leaders sought to guide society through a time of troubles through calls to greater piety
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-240) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Islam -- Somalia -- Banaadir
Islam and social problems -- Somalia -- Banaadir
Sufism -- Somalia -- Banaadir
RELIGION -- Islam -- History.
Islam
Islam and social problems
Manners and customs
Sufism
SUBJECT Banaadir (Somalia) -- Social life and customs
Subject Somalia -- Banaadir
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9789047441861
9047441869