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Autore |
Babou Cheikh Anta Mbacké |
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Fighting the greater jihad [[electronic resource] ] : Amadu Bamba and the founding of the Muridiyya of Senegal, 1853-1913 / / Cheikh Anta Babou |
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Athens, : Ohio University Press, c2007 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (319 p.) |
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Collana |
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New African histories series |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Murīdīyah - Senegal |
Islam and politics - Senegal - History |
Islamic sects - Senegal |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-283) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Islam, society, and power in the Wolof states -- The Mbakke: the foundations of family traditions -- The emergence of Amadu Bamba, 1853-95 -- The founding of the Muridiyya -- Murid conflict with the French colonial administration, 1889-1902 -- Slow path toward accommodation I: the time of rapprochement -- Slow path toward accommodation II: making Murid space in colonial Bawol -- Conclusion. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In Senegal, the Muridiyya, a large Islamic Sufi order, is the single most influential religious organization, including among its numbers the nation's president. Yet little is known of this sect in the West. Drawn from a wide variety of archival, oral, and iconographic sources in Arabic, French, and Wolof, Fighting the Greater Jihad offers an astute analysis of the founding and development of the order and a biographical study of its founder, Cheikh Amadu Bamba Mbacke. Cheikh Anta Babou explores the forging of Murid identity and pedagogy around the person and initiative of |
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