Renewers of the age : holy men and social discourse in colonial Benaadir / by Scott Reese.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Reese, Scott Steven.

Series:

Islam in Africa ; v. 9.

Islam in Africa, 1570-3754 ; v. 9

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Islam--Somalia--Banaadir.

Islam.

Islam and social problems--Somalia--Banaadir.

Islam and social problems.

Sufism--Somalia--Banaadir.

Sufism.

Banaadir (Somalia)--Social life and customs.

Banaadir (Somalia).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (259 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Studies of nineteenth and twentieth century Islamic reform have tended to focus more on the evolution of ideas than how those ideas emerge from local contexts or are disseminated to a broad audience. Using the urban culture of southern Somalia, known as the Benaadir, this book explores the role of local ʿulamāʾ as popular intellectuals in the early colonial period. Drawing on locally compiled hagiographies, religious poetry and Sufi manuals, it examines the place of religious discourse as social discourse and how religious leaders sought to guide society through a time of troubles through calls to greater piety but also by exhorting believers to examine their lives in the hopes of bringing society into line with their image of a proper Islamic society.

Contents:

Preliminary Materials / S.S. Reese

Chapter One. Introduction: The ‘Ulamā’ As \'Local Intellectuals\' / S.S. Reese

Chapter Two. Religious History As Social History / S.S. Reese

Chapter Three. Saints, Scholars And The Acquisition Of Discursive Authority / S.S. Reese

Chapter Four. Urban Woes And Pious Remedies: Sufis, Urbanites, And Managing Social Crises In The Nineteenth Century / S.S. Reese

Chapter Five. When Is Kafāʾa Kifayah? Sufi Leadership, Religious Authority And Questions Of Social Inequality / S.S. Reese

Chapter Six. The Best Of Guides: Sufi Poetry, Theological Writing And Comprehending Qādiriyya Popularity In The Early 20Th Century / S.S. Reese

Epilogue: End Of The Sufi Era / S.S. Reese

Appendix One Khulafāʾ Of Shaykh Uways B. Muḥammad Al-Barawī / S.S. Reese

Appendix Two / S.S. Reese

Bibliography / S.S. Reese

Index / S.S. Reese.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-240) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-39901-2

9786612399015

90-474-4186-9

OCLC:

593231874

Publisher Number:

10.1163/ej.9789004167292.i-247 DOI