Fighting the greater jihad [[electronic resource] ] : Amadu Bamba and the founding of the Muridiyya of Senegal, 1853-1913 / / Cheikh Anta Babou

• Autore: Babou Cheikh Anta Mbacké
• 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
• 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.: 9910780899503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: New African histories series.