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Islam and the prayer economy : history and authority in a Malian town /
At a time when so-called fundamentalism has become the privileged analytical frame for understanding Muslim societies past and present, this study offers an alternative perspective on Islam. In an innovative combination of anthropology, history, and social theory, Benjamin Soares explores Islam and...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Edinburgh :
Edinburgh University Press,
©2005.
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| Colección: | International African library ;
32. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | At a time when so-called fundamentalism has become the privileged analytical frame for understanding Muslim societies past and present, this study offers an alternative perspective on Islam. In an innovative combination of anthropology, history, and social theory, Benjamin Soares explores Islam and Muslim practice in an important Islamic religious centre in West Africa from the late nineteenth century to the present. Drawing on ethnography, archival research, and written sources, Soares provides a richly detailed discussion of Sufism, Islamic reform, and other contemporary ways of being Muslim in Mali and offers an original analytical perspective for understanding changes in the practice of Islam more generally." |
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| Notas: | Published for the International African Institute. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xii, 306 pages) : illustrations, maps, portraits |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780748670635 0748670637 9780748679355 0748679359 9780748622856 0748622853 9781474472753 1474472753 |