Islam and the Prayer Economy : History and Authority in a Malian Town Paperback / softback
by Benjamin F. Soares
Part of the International African Library series
Paperback / softback
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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.
In an innovative combination of anthropology, history, and social theory, Benjamin Soares explores Islam and Muslim practice in an important Islamic religious centre in West Africa from the late nineteenth century to the present.
Drawing on ethnography, archival research, and written sources, Soares provides a richly detailed discussion of Sufism, Islamic reform, and other contemporary ways of being Muslim in Mali and offers an original analytical perspective for understanding changes in the practice of Islam more generally.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:320 pages, Illustrations, maps
- Publisher:Edinburgh University Press
- Publication Date:21/06/2005
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- ISBN:9780748623587
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Out of Stock - We are unable to provide an estimated availability date for this product
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:320 pages, Illustrations, maps
- Publisher:Edinburgh University Press
- Publication Date:21/06/2005
- Category:
- ISBN:9780748623587
