| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 306 pages) : illustrations, maps, portraits |
| Series |
International African library ; 32 |
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International African library ; 32.
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| Contents |
Illustrations (Maps, Photos); Acknowledgements; Notes on Orthography and Translation; List of Abbreviations; Glossary; Introduction; Part I History; Islam and Authority before the Colonial Period; Colonialism and After; Saints and Sufi Orders I -- the Hamawiyya; Saints and Sufi Orders II -- the Tijaniyya; Part II Authority; The Esoteric Sciences; The Prayer Economy; 'Reform'; The Public Sphere and the Postcolony; Conclusion: The Market, the Public and Islam; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
At a time when so-called fundamentalism has become the privileged analytical frame for understanding Muslim societies past and present, this study offers an alternative perspective on Islam. In an innovative combination of anthropology, history, and social theory, Benjamin Soares explores Islam and Muslim practice in an important Islamic religious centre in West Africa from the late nineteenth century to the present. Drawing on ethnography, archival research, and written sources, Soares provides a richly detailed discussion of Sufism, Islamic reform, and other contemporary ways of being Muslim in Mali and offers an original analytical perspective for understanding changes in the practice of Islam more generally." |
| Notes |
Published for the International African Institute |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Islam -- Mali -- History
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Islam and state -- Mali -- History
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Islamic sects -- Mali
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Sufism -- Mali
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Islam -- Economic aspects -- Mali
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RELIGION -- Islam -- Rituals & Practice.
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Islam
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Islam and state
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Islam -- Economic aspects
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Islamic sects
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Sufism
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Mali
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
International African Institute.
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| ISBN |
9780748670635 |
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0748670637 |
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9780748679355 |
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0748679359 |
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9780748622856 |
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0748622853 |
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9781474472753 |
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1474472753 |
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