LEADER 03663nam 2200625 450 001 9910826490703321 005 20220617205211.0 010 $a90-04-28946-1 024 7 $a10.1163/9789004289468 035 $a(CKB)3710000000346380 035 $a(EBL)1956703 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001420765 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11916573 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001420765 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11422669 035 $a(PQKB)11115663 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1956703 035 $a(OCoLC)899073343 035 $a(nllekb)BRILL9789004289468 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1956703 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11021012 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL729770 035 $a(OCoLC)903489276 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000346380 100 $a20150227h20152015 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aLiving knowledge in West African Islam $ethe Sufi community of Ibrahim Niasse /$fby Zachary Valentine Wright 210 1$aLeiden, Netherlands ;$aBoston, [Massachusetts] :$cBrill,$d2015. 210 4$d©2015 215 $a1 online resource (351 p.) 225 1 $aIslam in Africa,$x1570-3754 ;$vVolume 18 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a90-04-28807-4 311 $a1-322-98488-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aPreliminary 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. 330 $aLiving Knowledge in West African Islam examines the actualization of religious identity in the community of Ibr?h?m Niasse (d.1975, Senegal). With millions of followers throughout Africa and the world, the community arguably represents one of the twentieth century?s most successful Islamic revivals. Niasse?s followers, members of the Tij?niyya Sufi order, gave particular attention to the widespread transmission of the experiential knowledge (ma?rifa) of God. They also worked to articulate a global Islamic identity in the crucible of African decolonization. The central argument of this book is that West African Sufism is legible only with an appreciation of centuries of Islamic knowledge specialization in the region. Sufi masters and disciples reenacted and deepened preexisting teacher-student relationships surrounding the learning of core Islamic disciplines, such as the Qur??n and jurisprudence. Learning Islam meant the transformative inscription of sacred knowledge in the student?s very being, a disposition acquired in the master?s exemplary physical presence. Sufism did not undermine traditional Islamic orthodoxy: the continued transmission of Sufi knowledge has in fact preserved and revived traditional Islamic learning in West Africa. 410 0$aIslam in Africa ;$vVolume 18. 606 $aSufism$zAfrica, West$xHistory 606 $aTija?ni?yah$zAfrica, West$xHistory 615 0$aSufism$xHistory. 615 0$aTija?ni?yah$xHistory. 676 $a297.4/8 700 $aWright$b Zachary Valentine$0848578 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910826490703321 996 $aLiving knowledge in West African Islam$94115892 997 $aUNINA