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" Followers of the Marabout? Knowledge, Exchange, and Spiritual Relations in Niger "
Noah Butler
Launay, Robert
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Latin Dissertation
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English
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803141
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TL47918
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1615374754; 3638141
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Rittenberg, Ryan M.
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Followers of the Marabout? Knowledge, Exchange, and Spiritual Relations in Niger\ Noah ButlerLaunay, Robert
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Northwestern University
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2014
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Ph.D.
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Anthropology
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2014
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259
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Committee members: Bledsoe, Caroline; Earle, Timothy
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Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-1-321-21651-6
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| Abstract
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In what ways do Muslim followers construe their relationships with religious leaders? Forms of leadership in Islam have been at the forefront of burgeoning attention. Scholarship on Islam, however, tends to focus on religious leaders. This is particularly true in the West African context, where <i>marabouts</i> (holy persons) have been the subject of considerable scholarly inquiry while their followers have tended to be continually taken for granted. This dissertation elucidates interactions between marabouts and followers, specifically in terms of social relations of knowledge. Nigeriens recurrently describe marabouts as 'Those who know the <i>Qur'an.</i>' Their description is telling because it underscores how marabouts, by possessing knowledge that is neither quotidian nor widely distributed, are in a unique (and uniquely qualified) position to makes claims to and express their knowledge.
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African Studies; Religion; Cultural anthropology
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Philosophy, religion and theology;Social sciences;Marabout;Muslim religious leader;Niger
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Launay, Robert
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AnthropologyNorthwestern University
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