" Charisma and brotherhood" revisited: Mass-mediated forms of spirituality in urban Mali
The case study of the Muslim movement Ansar Dine and its charismatic leader Sharif Haidara illustrates that the debate on, and public significance of, Islam has been shifting in recent years and how broadcast media played into this process. Haidara's extensive use of (mostly aural) media allows...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2003
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Journal of religion in Africa
Year: 2003, Volume: 33, Issue: 2, Pages: 146-171 |
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Case study
B Association B Islam B Mali B Religious community B Radio B City B Religious leader B Mass media B Religiosity B Muslim |
| Summary: | The case study of the Muslim movement Ansar Dine and its charismatic leader Sharif Haidara illustrates that the debate on, and public significance of, Islam has been shifting in recent years and how broadcast media played into this process. Haidara's extensive use of (mostly aural) media allows him to combine traditional elements of religious authority with new credentials. (...) Haidara's persuasiveness resides to a major extent in his capacity to captivate listeners' aesthetic sensibilities. Popular reception of Haidara's teachings evidences the significance of religious debate in secular state politics. It illustrates some ways in which consumption of religious broadcasts contributes to a partial re-sacralization of everyday experience. (J Rel Afr/DÜI) |
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| ISSN: | 0022-4200 |
| Contains: | In: Journal of religion in Africa
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