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BL
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1049001
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bc402
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English
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| Main Entry
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Ware, Rudolph T.
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| Title & Author
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The walking Qurʼan : : Islamic education, embodied knowledge, and history in West Africa /\ Rudolph T. Ware III.
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| Publication Statement
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North Carolina :: The University of North Carolina Press,, [2014]
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, ©2014
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| Series Statement
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Islamic civilization and Muslim networks
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| Page. NO
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1 online resource
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| ISBN
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9781469614328
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: 1469614324
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: 9781469614335
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: 1469614332
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9781469614311
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1469614316
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Abstract
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"Typesetter: code used below Spanning a thousand years of history--and bringing the story to the present through ethnographic fieldwork in Senegal, Gambia, and Mauritania--Rudolph Ware documents the profound significance of Quran schools for West African Muslim communities. Such schools peacefully brought Islam to much of the region, becoming striking symbols of Muslim identity. Ware shows how in Senegambia the schools became powerful channels for African resistance during the eras of the slave trade and colonization. While illuminating the past, Ware also makes signal contributions to understanding contemporary Islam by demonstrating how the schools' epistemology of embodiment gives expression to classical Islamic frameworks of learning and knowledge. Today, many Muslims and non-Muslims find West African methods of Quran schooling puzzling and controversial. In fascinating detail, Ware introduces these practices from the viewpoint of the practitioners, explicating their emphasis on educating the whole human being as if to remake it as a living replica of the Quran. From this perspective, the transference of knowledge in core texts and rituals is literally embodied in people, helping shape them--like the Prophet of Islam--into vital bearers of the word of God."--
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"Spanning a thousand years of history--and bringing the story to the present through ethnographic fieldwork in Senegal, Gambia, and Mauritania--Ware documents the profound significance of Qurʼan schools for West African Muslim communities. Such schools peacefully brought Islam to much of the region, becoming striking symbols of Muslim identity. Ware shows how in Senegambia the schools became powerful channels for African resistance during the eras of the slave trade and colonization. While illuminating the past, Ware also makes signal contributions to understanding contemporary Islam by demonstrating how the schools' epistemology of embodiment gives expression to classical Islamic frameworks of learning and knowledge"--
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| Subject
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Islamic religious education-- Africa, West.
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RELIGION-- Islam-- General.
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RELIGION-- Islam-- Koran Sacred Writings.
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Islamic religious education.
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Education.
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Islam
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Islamische Erziehung
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Éducation religieuse islamique-- Afrique occidentale.
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Qurʼan-- Study and teaching-- Africa, West.
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Qurʼan.
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Koran
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Coran-- Étude et enseignement-- Afrique occidentale.
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| Subject
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West Africa.
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Westafrika
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| Dewey Classification
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297.7/70966
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| LC Classification
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BP43.A358W37 2014eb
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| NLM classification
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REL041000HIS001050bisacsh
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