Saudi Primary Education and the Formation of Modern Wahhabism
The development of modern primary education in Saudi Arabia transformed Wahhabism in subtle yet significant ways. The art of instructing six- and seven-year-old children in the finer points of Wahhābī theology and law, as occurred in the new Saudi primary schools from 1929, may appear as the authen...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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[2018]
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Die Welt des Islams
Year: 2018, Volume: 58, Issue: 4, Pages: 442-460 |
| Further subjects: | B
Saudi Arabia
B Wahhabism B Theology B Nationalism B Education B state formation B Colonialism B lamāʾ |
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| Summary: | The development of modern primary education in Saudi Arabia transformed Wahhabism in subtle yet significant ways. The art of instructing six- and seven-year-old children in the finer points of Wahhābī theology and law, as occurred in the new Saudi primary schools from 1929, may appear as the authentic continuation of a tradition within a modern institutional framework. Yet in point of fact, this foregrounding of theology constituted a departure from traditional Wahhābī pedagogy, and from precolonial Muslim learning conventions more generally. In response to the encroachment of non-Wahhābī personnel and systems of knowledge into their traditional domain, this paper argues, the Najdī ʿulamāʾ reframed modern education as a theological challenge, one similar to the challenge presented by bedouin and other non-Wahhābī Muslims. |
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| ISSN: | 1570-0607 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Die Welt des Islams
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15700607-00584P02 |