{"product_id":"doubt-scholarship-and-society-in-17th-century-central-sudanic-africa-9789004311909","title":"Doubt, Scholarship and Society in 17th-Century Central Sudanic Africa","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe seventeenth century was a period of major social change in central sudanic Africa. Islam spread from royal courts to rural communities, leading to new identities, new boundaries and new tasks for experts of the religion. Addressing these issues, the Bornu scholar Muḥammad al-Wālī acquired an exceptional reputation. Dorrit van Dalen’s study places him within his intellectual environment, and portrays him as responding to the concerns of ordinary Muslims. It shows that scholars on the geographical margins of the Muslim world participated in the debates in the centres of Muslim learning of the time, but on their own terms. Al-Wālī’s work also sheds light on a century in the Islamic history of West Africa that has until now received little attention.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'To conclude, van Dalen’s book is an important contribution, successfully navigating between global and local contexts. Doubt, Scholarship and Society encompasses text edition and translation with a trans-disciplinary analysis combining micro and global history, anthropology, religious studies, and palaeography, which is the best way, in this reviewers opinion, to renovate African history'.   Rémi Dewière, European University Institute in Reading Religion http:\/\/readingreligion.org\/books\/doubt-scholarship-and-society-17th-century-central-sudanic-africa\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgements\t\t\t\t\t\t\t A note on transliteration\t\t\t\t\t\t Map of western and northern Africa\t\t\t\t\t  1. Preface\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t 1.\tOne man in his environment\t\t\t\t\t\t 2.\tCoordinates\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t 3.\tIntellectual history and philology\t\t\t\t\t 4.\tPeripheries\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t 5.\tSources and structure \t\t\t\t\t\t\t  2. Dramatis loci\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t 1.\tA history of Bornu and Baghirmi as Islamic states\t\t\t 2.\tThe spread of Islam \t\t\t\t\t\t\t 3.\tEthnicity, religion, slavery\t\t\t\t\t\t 4.\tIslam and traditional religions\t\t\t\t\t\t 5.\tConclusion\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t 3. Muḥammad al-Wālī\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t 1.\tBiography\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t 2.\tWorks \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t 3.\tReputation \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t 4.\tEducation\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t 5.\tConclusion\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  4. The scholar’s habitat\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  \t1. Scholarship\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t2. Religious leadership\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t3. Intellectual environment: genres\t\t\t\t\t\t \t4. Intellectual environment: themes\t\t\t\t\t \t5. Conclusion\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  5. Method and message\t\t\t\t\t\t\t 1.\tAl-Sanūsi’s Ṣughra\t\t\t\t\t\t\t 2.\tThe Kabbe\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t 3.\tBetween oral and scholarly text\t\t\t\t\t\t 4.\tTradition with a twist \t\t\t\t\t\t\t 5.\tConclusion\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  6. Demonising smokers \t\t\t\t\t\t\t 1.            How tobacco conquered the Islamic lands\t\t\t\t 2.            Al-Wālī’s point of view\t\t\t\t\t\t\t 3.            A folktale about the devil’s piss\t\t\t\t\t\t 4.            From Abgar to al-Azhar\t\t\t\t\t\t\t 5.            Conclusion \t\t\t\t\t\t 7. On writing\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t 1.\tAuthor and authority\t\t\t\t\t\t\t 2.\tWhy did al-Wālī translate the Fulani commentary?\t\t\t 3.\tFrom orality to literacy\t\t\t\t\t\t\t 4.\tKnowing and the knower\t\t\t\t\t\t 5.\tConclusion\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t   8. Certainties in times of choice\t\t\t\t\t\t  Annex I.\tAl-adilla al-ḥisān fī bayān taḥrīm shurb al-dukhān. \t\tAn edition of the Arabic text.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t Annex II.\tValid proofs to proclaim smoking forbidden. \t \t\tA translation.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t Annex III.\tʿAwsikum yā maʿshar al-ikhwān.  \t\tAn edition of al-Wālī’s poem.\t\t\t\t\t  Bibliography","brand":"Brill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53210682392919,"sku":"9789004311909","price":139.2,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/doubt-scholarship-and-society-in-17th-century-central-sudanic-africa-9789004311909","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}