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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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Pubblicazione: | Athens, : Ohio University Press, c2007 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (319 p.) |
Disciplina: | 297.4/8 |
Soggetto topico: | Murīdīyah - Senegal |
Islam and politics - Senegal - History | |
Islamic sects - Senegal | |
Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-283) and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
Sommario/riassunto: | 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 |
Titolo autorizzato: | Fighting the greater jihad ![]() |
ISBN: | 0-8214-4257-0 |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910455889403321 |
Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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