Islam in South Africa : mosques, imams, and sermons / Abdulkader Tayob.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tayob, Abdulkader, author.

Series:

Religions of Africa.

Religion in Africa

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Islam--South Africa.

Islam.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (190 p.)

Place of Publication:

Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [1999]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

''Judicious juggling of insider and outsider perspectives. [Tayob] brings real knowledge and experience of South African Islam. . . . Anyone interested in religion in the South African context as well as those interested in Islam in different contexts should be interested in this book.

Contents:

Table of Contents; Preface vii; 1. The Sermon in Islam: A Discursive and Religious Symbol in History 1; 2. Creation of the Cape Mosque Discourse 21; 3. The Claremont Main Road Mosque: Redrawing the Cape Tradition 40; 4. Transvaal Mosques: The Production of Orthodoxy 60; 5. The Brits Mosque: Orthodoxy and Its Periphery 77; 6. The Sermons: Ritual Inscription of Space 102; 7. Sermons and the Re-citation of Discourses 115; 8. Conclusions 137; Notes 149; Works Cited 161; Index 173

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8130-2343-2

OCLC:

476046268