Qur'an Schooling and the Production of Mindful Bodies in West Africa
In The Walking Qur'an, Rudolph Ware explores the history of Qur'an schools in West Africa. Focusing on embodied knowledge, he demonstrates how these institutions produce Walking Qur'ans, living replicas of the holy book. Despite his bias against reformist Islam and his neglect of th...
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
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The Pennsylvania State University Press
[2015]
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Journal of Africana religions
Year: 2015, Volume: 3, Issue: 2, Pages: 184-192 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Africa
/ Quran school
/ Knowledge communication
/ Bodiliness
/ Conservatism
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| IxTheo Classification: | AE Psychology of religion AG Religious life; material religion AH Religious education BJ Islam KBN Sub-Saharan Africa NCC Social ethics |
| Further subjects: | B
Book review
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| Summary: | In The Walking Qur'an, Rudolph Ware explores the history of Qur'an schools in West Africa. Focusing on embodied knowledge, he demonstrates how these institutions produce Walking Qur'ans, living replicas of the holy book. Despite his bias against reformist Islam and his neglect of the wider social context, this is an important contribution to Islamic studies and African history. |
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| ISSN: | 2165-5413 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of Africana religions
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.5325/jafrireli.3.2.0184 |