The Khōjā of Tanzania : discontinuities of a postcolonial religious identity /

The Khōjā of Tanzania : discontinuities of a postcolonial religious identity /

The Khōjā of Tanzania, Discontinuities of a Postcolonial Religious Identity attempts to reconstruct the development of Khōjā religious identity from their arrival to the Swahili coast in the late 18th century until the turn of the 21st century. This multidisciplinary study incorporates Gujarati, Kac...

Full description

Saved in:

Main Author: Akhtar, Iqbal, 1981-

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Boston : Brill, 2016.

Series: Studies of Religion in Africa 43.
Religious Studies, Theology and Philosophy E-Books Online, Collection 2015, ISBN: 9789004287471.

Subjects:

Shīʻah > Tanzania > History.
Islam > Tanzania > Customs and practices.
Islam > Tanzania > Colonial influence.
Muslims > Tanzania.
Tanzania > Religious life and customs.

Online Access: Login to view Source

Tags: Add Tag

No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!

Call Number: BP192.7.T34 .A39 2016

Add to Book Bag Save to List Photographic Request Become a member
LEADER 03431nam a2200505 i 4500
001 BRILL9789004292888
003 nllekb
005 20210602100551.0
006 m d
007 cr un uuuua
008 151214s2016 mau sb 001 0 eng d
020 |a 9789004292888  |q (electronic book) 
020 |z 9789004274747  |q (print) 
024 7 |a 10.1163/9789004292888  |2 DOI 
040 |a NL-LeKB  |c NL-LeKB  |e rda 
043 |a f-tz--- 
050 4 |a BP192.7.T34  |b .A39 2016 
072 7 |a REL  |x 037000  |2 bisacsh 
072 7 |a HRAX  |2 bicssc 
072 7 |a REL033000  |2 bisacsh 
082 0 4 |a 297.8209678  |2 23 
100 1 |a Akhtar, Iqbal,  |d 1981- 
245 1 4 |a The Khōjā of Tanzania :  |b discontinuities of a postcolonial religious identity /  |c by Iqbal Akhtar. 
264 1 |a Boston :  |b Brill,  |c 2016. 
300 |a 1 online resource (xvii, 226 pages) 
336 |a text  |b txt  |2 rdacontent 
337 |a computer  |b c  |2 rdamedia 
338 |a online resource  |2 rdacarrier 
490 1 |a Studies of religion in Africa ;  |v v. 43 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0 0 |a Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- 1 Geneaology: The Origins of the Khōjā -- 2 The African Khōjā: From the Colonial Period to the Present -- 3 The Evolution of Khōjā Political Power: Religious Citizenship -- 4 The Khōjā Language: Quranic Gujarati -- 5 Khōjā Religious Texts: The Dōʾāōnō Majmūʾō -- 6 Ritual Space: Khōjā Shrines -- 7 The Body: The Khōjā Adoption of the Veil -- Conclusion -- Lexicon -- Bibliography -- Index. 
506 |a Available to subscribing member institutions only. 
520 |a The Khōjā of Tanzania, Discontinuities of a Postcolonial Religious Identity attempts to reconstruct the development of Khōjā religious identity from their arrival to the Swahili coast in the late 18th century until the turn of the 21st century. This multidisciplinary study incorporates Gujarati, Kacchī, Swahili, and Arabic sources to examine the formation of an Afro-Asian Islamic identity (jamatī) from their initial Indic caste identity (jñāti) towards an emergent Near Eastern imaged Islamic nation (ummatī) through four disciplinary approaches: historiography, politics, linguistics, and ethnology. Over the past two centuries, rapid transitions and discontinuities have produced the profound tensions which have resulted from the willful amnesia of their pre-Islamic Indic civilizational past for an ideological and politicized 'Islamic' present. This study aims to document, theorize, and engage this theological transformation of modern Khōjā religious identities as expressed through dimensions of power, language, space, and the body. 
650 0 |a Shīʻah  |z Tanzania  |x History. 
650 0 |a Islam  |z Tanzania  |x Customs and practices. 
650 0 |a Islam  |z Tanzania  |x Colonial influence. 
650 0 |a Muslims  |z Tanzania. 
651 0 |a Tanzania  |x Religious life and customs. 
776 0 8 |i Print version:  |a Akhtar, Iqbal, 1981- author.  |t Khōjā of Tanzania  |z 9789004274747  |w (DLC) 2015034469  |w (OCoLC)920944575 
830 0 |a Studies of Religion in Africa  |v 43. 
830 0 |a Religious Studies, Theology and Philosophy E-Books Online, Collection 2015, ISBN: 9789004287471. 
856 4 |z DOI:   |u http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004292888 
942 |c EBOOK 
952 |0 0  |1 0  |4 0  |7 1  |9 14147  |a BRILL  |b BRILL  |d 2021-06-02  |l 0  |r 2021-06-02 00:00:00  |w 2021-06-02  |y EBOOK 
999 |c 35597  |d 35597