Routledge handbook of Islam in Africa

Cover -- Endorsement -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Figures -- Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction -- Introduction -- Islam in Africa -- The Study of Islam in Africa - and the Muslim World -- African Islam? -- Overview of Chapters -- Conclusion --...

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Contributors: Østebø, Terje 1968- (Editor)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Milton Routledge 2022
In:Year: 2022
Series/Journal:Routledge Handbooks
Further subjects:B Collection of essays
B Islam-Customs and practices-Africa
B Islam
B Africa
B Islam-Africa-Handbooks, manuals, etc
B Islam and politics-Africa
B Electronic books
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Parallel Edition:Non-electronic
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Summary:Cover -- Endorsement -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Figures -- Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction -- Introduction -- Islam in Africa -- The Study of Islam in Africa - and the Muslim World -- African Islam? -- Overview of Chapters -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Part I Formation of Islam in Africa: Islamic Scholarship, Literature, and Sufism -- 2 The "Traveling Scholar" in African Islamic Traditions: Local, Regional, and Global Worlds -- Setting the Stage: Locating the Traveling Scholar -- Onstage: the Traveling Scholar in Academic Literature -- Backstage: the Traveling Scholar in the African Islamic Tradition -- Coming From the Outside -- Into Africa in Modernity: Professional Travelers -- Seekers, Preachers, and Pilgrims - and the Muhajirun -- Local and Regional Travelers -- Exit Stage: the Muhajirun -- Devotional Journeys: the Hajj and Ziyara/Mawlid -- The Reformist Traveler of the Twentieth Century -- A Note On Female Scholarly Travelers -- Conclusion -- References -- 3 An Overview of Islamic Literature in Africa: Local and Global Interactions -- Introduction -- "The Gates of China" -- Ajami - Expressions of the Faith in Vernacular Languages -- The Age of Steam and Print -- African Islamic Literature: an Assessment -- Notes -- References -- 4 Pathways and Formations of "African Sufism" -- Pathways to Sufism in Africa -- Sufism and Jihad -- Contexts -- Connecting Chains -- Fissionary Tendencies in Senegal -- Holy Families in the Sudan -- Transmission of Knowledge -- The European Impact -- What Is African About African Sufism? -- Conclusion -- References -- Part II Dynamics of Religious Infrastructure -- 5 A Historiography of Sub-Saharan African Mosques: From Colonialism to Modernity -- Introduction -- Geocultural Spheres -- Sub-Saharan West Africa -- Mali's Millennial Mud Mosques.
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ISBN:1000471691