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Islam and the prayer economy : history and authority in a Malian town / Benjamin Soares.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Soares, Benjamin F., author.
- Series:
- International African library ; 32.
- International African library ; 32
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Islam--Mali--History.
- Islam.
- Islam and state--Mali--History.
- Islam and state.
- Islamic sects--Mali.
- Islamic sects.
- Sufism--Mali.
- Sufism.
- Islam--Economic aspects--Mali.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xii, 306 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Other Title:
- Islam & the Prayer Economy
- Place of Publication:
- Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2005.
- Summary:
- At a time when so-called fundamentalism has become the privileged analytical frame for understanding Muslim societies past and present, this study offers an alternative perspective on Islam.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- LIST OF FIGURES
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
- NOTES ON ORTHOGRAPHY AND TRANSLATION
- ABBREVIATIONS
- GLOSSARY
- Maps
- INTRODUCTION
- PART I HISTORY
- 1 ISLAM AND AUTHORITY BEFORE THE COLONIAL PERIOD
- 2 COLONIALISM AND AFTER
- 3 SAINTS AND SUFI ORDERS I: THE HAMAWIYYA
- 4 SAINTS AND SUFI ORDERS II: THE TIJANIYYA
- PART II AUTHORITY
- 5 THE ESOTERIC SCIENCES
- 6 THE PRAYER ECONOMY
- 7 ‘REFORM’
- 8 THE PUBLIC SPHERE AND THE POSTCOLONY
- CONCLUSION: THE MARKET, THE PUBLIC AND ISLAM
- NOTES
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- INDEX
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 21 Sep 2020).
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-4744-7275-3
- 0-7486-7063-7
- 0-7486-7935-9
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