Jakhanke - The History of an Islamic Clerical People of the Senegambia

Informationen zum Autor Lamin Sanneh is the D. Willis James Professor of Missions and World Christianity at Yale Divinity School and Professor of History at Yale University. Sanneh was born and raised in Gambia. After studying at the University of Birmingham and the Near East School of Theology, Beirut, he earned his doctorate in Islamic History at the University of London. Zusammenfassung When originally published in 1979, this was the first comprehensive study of the Jakhanke in any language. Despite the 19th ambience of jihad, the Jakhanke maintined their tradition of consistent pacifism and political neutrality which is unique in Muslim Black Africa. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Historical Interpretation and sources 1. the Birth of the Jakhanke Islamic Clerical Tradition . c1200-c.1500 2. the emergence fo the Core Clans of Jakhanke Clerics c.1200-c.1700 3. Jakhanke Centres in Bundu c.1700-c1890 4. Momodou-Lamin Darame and Patterns of Jakhanke Dispersion in Senegambia: The 19th Century 5. The Jakhanke in Futa Jallon: The 19th Century 6. Touba and the Colonial Misfortune: The Expropriation of Touba's Clerical Privilege 1905-11 7. Jakhanke Educational Enterprise 8. Prayers, Dreams and Religious Healing 9. Slavery, Islam and the Jakhanke 10. Conclusions

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Lamin O. Sanneh, Sanneh Lamin O.
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 22.08.2018
• EAN: 9781138597761
• ISBN: 978-1-138-59776-1
• Seiten: 292
• Serie: African Ethnographic Studies of the 20th Century
• Themen: Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik > Geowissenschaften > Geografie; Senegal, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, Gambia, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Social and cultural anthropology, Regional Geography, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / African Studies, The Gambia