ISBN:
9783643909169
,
3643909160
Language:
English
Pages:
XXV, 404 Seiten
,
Illustrationen, Diagramme
,
23 cm
Series Statement:
Beiträge zur Afrikaforschung Band 81
Series Statement:
Beiträge zur Afrikaforschung
Dissertation note:
Dissertation Universität Bayreuth 2016
DDC:
297.0963
Keywords:
Qurʼan Study and teaching
;
Qurʼan Study and teaching
;
Sudan
;
Marra Mountains
;
Qurʼan
;
Islamic religious education
;
Muslim scholars
;
Muslim men Religious life
;
Islam Customs and practices
;
Islam Rituals
;
Fur (African people) Religion
;
Anthropology of religion
;
Islamic religious education Sudan
;
Marra Mountains
;
Muslim scholars Sudan
;
Marra Mountains
;
Muslim men Religious life
;
Sudan
;
Marra Mountains
;
Islam Customs and practices
;
Sudan
;
Marra Mountains
;
Islam Rituals
;
Sudan
;
Marra Mountains
;
Fur (African people) Religion
;
Anthropology of religion Sudan
;
Marra Mountains
;
Anthropology of religion
;
Islam Customs and practices
;
Islam Rituals
;
Islamic religious education
;
Muslim scholars
;
Study skills Sudan
;
Marra Mountains
;
Hochschulschrift
;
Islam
;
Lernen
;
Gebet
;
Dschabal Marra
;
Fur
;
Islam
;
Koranschule
Abstract:
"The study investigates how Muslim religious specialists (fuqarâ, sing. fakî) acquire Qur'anic knowledge in the context of the 'communities of practice'. It contextualises the Qur'anic schools of Jebel Marra in the Sudan arguing that the fuqarâ increase their access to knowledge of the Qur'an by socially interacting with each other. The book is grounded in a[n] ethnographic study of Qur'anic memorisation and activities that the fuqarâ perform after graduation from Qur'anic schools. It thus provides a fresh perspective to Islamic learning and epistemology. 'The great value of the study lies in the author's reconstruction of the practices and techniques, cognitive and corporeal, which are systematically employed to memorise the whole of the Qur'an.'"--Page 4 of cover
Description / Table of Contents:
Introduction -- Islam among the Fur -- The Qur'anic schools : their spatial and social organisations -- Learning stages : the acquisition of knowledge in a social context -- The impact of the Darfur conflict on Qur'anic schools and traditional Islamic culture -- The graduates of Qur'anic schools and the interconnection between knowledge and work -- Activities of the prominent fuqarâ : the teaching, writing, and performance of the communal rituals -- Activities of the ordinary fuqarâ : performance of the individual rituals -- Conclusion : the fuqarâ, their learning style and activities.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 387-403)
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