The religious men in Jebel Marra: the process of learning and the performance of Islamic rituals and practices

"The study investigates how Muslim religious specialists (fuqarâ, sing. fakî) acquire Qur'anic knowledge in the context of the 'communities of practice'. It contextualises the Qur'anic schools of Jebel Marra in the Sudan arguing that the fuqarâ increase their access to knowl...

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Main Author: Mohammed, Bakheit M. Nur (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Berlin Wien Zürich Münster Lit [2017]
In: Beiträge zur Afrikaforschung (Band 81)
Year: 2017
Series/Journal:Beiträge zur Afrikaforschung Band 81
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Islam / Learning (Motif) / Prayer
B Dschabal Marra / Fur / Islam / Quran school
IxTheo Classification:BJ Islam
Further subjects:B Islam Customs and practices Sudan Marra Mountains
B Muslim men Religious life (Sudan) (Marra Mountains)
B Muslim men Religious life Sudan Marra Mountains
B Islamic Religious Education (Sudan) (Marra Mountains)
B Muslim scholars (Sudan) (Marra Mountains)
B Muslim scholars
B Fur (African people) Religion
B Muslim scholars Sudan Marra Mountains
B Thesis
B Anthropology of religion
B Islamic Religious Education Sudan Marra Mountains
B Islam Rituals
B Anthropology of religion (Sudan) (Marra Mountains)
B Islam (Sudan) (Marra Mountains) Rituals
B Study skills Sudan Marra Mountains
B Qurʼan Study and teaching Sudan Marra Mountains Qurʼan
B Qurʼan Study and teaching (Sudan) (Marra Mountains)
B Anthropology of religion Sudan Marra Mountains
B Islam Rituals Sudan Marra Mountains
B Islam Customs and practices
B Islamic Religious Education
B Islam (Sudan) (Marra Mountains) Customs and practices
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Summary:"The study investigates how Muslim religious specialists (fuqarâ, sing. fakî) acquire Qur'anic knowledge in the context of the 'communities of practice'. It contextualises the Qur'anic schools of Jebel Marra in the Sudan arguing that the fuqarâ increase their access to knowledge of the Qur'an by socially interacting with each other. The book is grounded in a[n] ethnographic study of Qur'anic memorisation and activities that the fuqarâ perform after graduation from Qur'anic schools. It thus provides a fresh perspective to Islamic learning and epistemology. 'The great value of the study lies in the author's reconstruction of the practices and techniques, cognitive and corporeal, which are systematically employed to memorise the whole of the Qur'an.'"--Page 4 of cover
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (pages 387-403)
ISBN:3643909160