Fighting the greater jihad: Amadu Bamba and the founding of the Muridiyya of Senegal, 1853-1913
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1. Verfasser: Babou, Cheikh Anta Mbacké (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Athens Ohio University Press c2007
Schriftenreihe:New African histories series
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-283) and index
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
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 Amadu Bamba as wel
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ISBN:0821417657
0821417665
0821442570
9780821417652
9780821417669
9780821442579

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