Islamic Reform in Twentieth-Century Africa
Seiten
2018
Edinburgh University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4744-3219-1 (ISBN)
Edinburgh University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4744-3219-1 (ISBN)
The first comprehensive analysis of Muslim movements of reform in modern sub-Saharan AfricaBased on twelve case studies (Senegal, Mali, Nigeria, Niger, Chad, Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Zanzibar and the Comoros), this book looks at patterns and peculiarities of different traditions of Islamic reform. Considering both Sufi- and Salafi-oriented movements in their respective historical contexts, it stresses the importance of the local context to explain the different trajectories of development.The book studies the social, religious and political impact of these reform movements in both historical and contemporary times and asks why some have become successful as popular mass movements, while others failed to attract substantial audiences. It also considers jihad-minded movements in contemporary Mali, northern Nigeria and Somalia and looks at modes of transnational entanglement of movements of reform. Against the background of a general inquiry into what constitutes 'reform', the text responds to the question of what 'reform' actually means for Muslims in contemporary Africa.Key featuresBiographies of reformist scholars complement the textCase studies are placed in the context of the dynamics of 'reform' in the larger world of IslamAddresses the importance of trans-national entanglements and their formative powerFocuses on the dynamics of social and religious development, the political dynamics of Islamic 'reform' and issues of youth, generational change and gender
Roman Loimeier is Professor at the Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology at the University of G ttingen. He is author of Muslim Societies in Africa: A Historical Anthropology (2013), Between Social Skills and Marketable Skills: The Politics of Islamic Education in 20th Century Zanzibar (2009) and Islamic Reform and Political Change in Northern Nigeria (1997, second edition 2011).
| Erscheinungsdatum | 08.01.2018 |
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| Verlagsort | Edinburgh |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Allgemeines / Lexika |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Islam | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4744-3219-0 / 1474432190 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4744-3219-1 / 9781474432191 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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