The walking Qurʼan : Islamic education, embodied knowledge, and history in West Africa / Rudolph T. Ware III.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ware, Rudolph T.

Series:

Islamic civilization & Muslim networks.

Islamic civilization and Muslim networks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Islamic religious education--Africa, West.

Islamic religious education.

Qurʼan--Study and teaching--Africa, West.

Qurʼan.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

1st ed.

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2014

Place of Publication:

North Carolina : The University of North Carolina Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Spanning a thousand years of history--and bringing the story to the present through ethnographic fieldwork in Senegal, Gambia, and Mauritania--Ware documents the profound significance of Qurʼan schools for West African Muslim communities. Such schools peacefully brought Islam to much of the region, becoming striking symbols of Muslim identity. Ware shows how in Senegambia the schools became powerful channels for African resistance during the eras of the slave trade and colonization. While illuminating the past, Ware also makes signal contributions to understanding contemporary Islam by demonstrating how the schools' epistemology of embodiment gives expression to classical Islamic frameworks of learning and knowledge"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover Page; The Walking Qurʼan; Copyright Page; Dedication; Epigraph; Contents; Maps and Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Orthographic Notes; Introduction; 1: Education, Embodiment, and Epistemology; 2: Embodying Islam in West Africa; 3: The Book in Chains; 4: Bodies of Knowledge; 5: Disembodied Knowledge?; Conclusion; Glossary; Notes; Bibliography; Index; Series

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781469614335

1469614332

9781469614328

1469614324

OCLC:

881316237