| Descript |
1 online resource (xvii, 226 pages) |
| Series |
Studies of religion in Africa ; v. 43 |
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Studies on religion in Africa ; v. 43.
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| Bibliog. |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
The Kho℗Μ℗Μja℗Μ℗Μ of Tanzania, Discontinuities of a Postcolonial Religious Identity attempts to reconstruct the development of Kho℗Μ℗Μja℗Μ℗Μ religious identity from their arrival to the Swahili coast in the late 18th century until the turn of the 21st century. This multidisciplinary study incorporates Gujarati, Kacchi℗Μ℗Μ, Swahili, and Arabic sources to examine the formation of an Afro-Asian Islamic identity (jamati℗Μ℗Μ) from their initial Indic caste identity (jn℗Μ℗Μa℗Μ℗Μti) towards an emergent Near Eastern imaged Islamic nation (ummati℗Μ℗Μ) through four disciplinary approaches: historiography, politics, linguistics, and ethnology. Over the past two centuries, rapid transitions and discontinuities have produced the profound tensions which have resulted from the willful amnesia of their pre-Islamic Indic civilizational past for an ideological and politicized ℗Μ⁺ѓ℗ΜIslamic℗Μ⁺ѓ℗Μ present. This study aims to document, theorize, and engage this theological transformation of modern Kho℗Μ℗Μja℗Μ℗Μ religious identities as expressed through dimensions of power, language, space, and the body. |
| Contents |
Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- 1 Geneaology: The Origins of the Kho⁺ѕja⁺ѕ -- 2 The African Kho⁺ѕja⁺ѕ: From the Colonial Period to the Present -- 3 The Evolution of Kho⁺ѕja⁺ѕ Political Power: Religious Citizenship -- 4 The Kho⁺ѕja⁺ѕ Language: Quranic Gujarati -- 5 Kho⁺ѕja⁺ѕ Religious Texts: The Do⁺ѕ⁽ℓa⁺ѕo⁺ѕno⁺ѕ Majmu⁺ѕ⁽ℓo⁺ѕ -- 6 Ritual Space: Kho⁺ѕja⁺ѕ Shrines -- 7 The Body: The Kho⁺ѕja⁺ѕ Adoption of the Veil -- Conclusion -- Lexicon -- Bibliography -- Index. |
| Local Note |
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| Subject |
Shi⁺ѕ⁽Μah -- Tanzania -- History.
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Islam -- Tanzania -- Customs and practices.
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Islam -- Tanzania -- Colonial influence.
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Muslims -- Tanzania.
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Tanzania -- Religious life and customs.
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RELIGION -- Islam -- General. |
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Islam -- Customs and practices. (OCoLC)fst00979785 |
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Muslims. (OCoLC)fst01031029 |
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Shi⁺ѕ⁽¬ah. (OCoLC)fst01117946 |
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Tanzania. (OCoLC)fst01210143 |
| ISBN |
9789004292888 (electronic bk.) |
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9004292888 (electronic bk.) |
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9789004274747 |
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900427474X |
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