Living knowledge in West African Islam : the sufi community of Ibrahim Niasse /

Living knowledge in West African Islam : the sufi community of Ibrahim Niasse /

Living Knowledge in West African Islam examines the actualization of religious identity in the community of Ibrāhīm Niasse (d.1975, Senegal). With millions of followers throughout Africa and the world, the community arguably represents one of the twentieth century's most successful Islamic revi...

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Main Author: Wright, Zachary Valentine.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2015]

Series: Islam in Africa 18.
Middle East and Islamic Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2015, ISBN: 9789004287464.

Subjects:

Iniyās, Ibrāhīm.
Sufism > Africa, West > History.
Tijānīyah > Africa, West > History.
Sufism.
Tijānīyah.
Africa, West.
History.

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Call Number: BP188.8.A358 W75 2015

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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • Introduction
  • 1 Clerical Communities in West African History
  • 2 A New Senegambian Clerical Community
  • 3 Honored Disciples: The Cissé of the Saloum
  • 4 Knowing God
  • 5 Understanding Sufi Discipleship
  • 6 The Adaptation of Traditional Learning Practices
  • 7 Cognizance and the Revival of the Islamic Sciences
  • 8 Islam and African Decolonization: Community Solidarities and Distinctions
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography and Sources
  • Index.