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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Babou, Cheikh Anta Mbacké.

Series:

New African histories series.

New African histories series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Murīdīyah--Senegal--Biography.

Murīdīyah.

Islam and politics--Senegal--History.

Islam and politics.

Islamic sects--Senegal.

Islamic sects.

Bāmbā, Aḥmadū, 1852-1927.

Bāmbā, Aḥmadū.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (319 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Athens : Ohio University Press, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-283) and index.

ISBN:

9780821442579

0821442570

OCLC:

681352004