| Description |
1 online resource (x, 246 pages) : map. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Islam in Africa,
1570-3754 ;
v. 9
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Islam in Africa ; v. 9.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-240) and index. |
| Summary |
Using the urban culture of southern Somalia, known as the Benaadir, this book explores the role of local 'ulama' as popular intellectuals in the early colonial period. 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. |
| Contents |
Contents; Acknowledgements; Note on Transliteration, Personal and Place Names; MAP; Chapter One Introduction: The 'Ulamä' as "local intellectuals"; Chapter Two Religious History as Social History; Chapter Three Saints, Scholars and the Acquisition of Discursive Authority; Chapter Four Urban Woes and Pious Remedies: Sufis, Urbanites, and Managing Social Crises in the Nineteenth Century; Chapter Five When is Kafä'a Kifayah?--Sufi Leadership, Religious Authority and Questions of Social Inequality. |
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Chapter Six The Best of Guides: Sufi Poetry, theological writing and Comprehending Qädiriyya popularity in the Early Twentieth CenturyEpilogue: End of the Sufi Era; Appendix One; Appendix Two; Bibliography; Index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Islam -- Somalia -- Banaadir.
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Islam. |
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Somalia -- Banaadir. |
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Islam and social problems -- Somalia -- Banaadir.
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Islam and social problems. |
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Sufism -- Somalia -- Banaadir.
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Sufism. |
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Banaadir (Somalia) -- Social life and customs.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Reese, Scott Steven. Renewers of the age. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2008 9789004167292 (DLC) 2008008972 (OCoLC)212432545 |
| ISBN |
9789047441861 (electronic book) |
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9047441869 (electronic book) |
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9789004167292 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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9004167293 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
| Standard No. |
10.1163/ej.9789004167292.i-247 |
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