{"product_id":"routledge-handbook-of-islam-in-africa-9781032127422","title":"Routledge Handbook of Islam in Africa","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eBringing together cutting-edge research from a range of disciplines, this handbook argues that despite often being overlooked or treated as marginal, the study of Islam from an African context is integral to the broader Muslim world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChallenging the portrayal of African Muslims as passive recipients of religious impetuses arriving from the outside, this book shows how the continent has been a site for the development of rich Islamic scholarship and religious discourses. Over the course of the book, the contributors reflect on:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe history and infrastructure of Islam in Africa\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePolitics and Islamic reform\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGender, youth, and everyday life for African Muslims\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew technologies, media, and popular culture. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWritten by leading scholars in the field, the contributions examine the connections between Islam and broader sociopolitical developments across the continent, demonstrating the important role of religion in the everyday live\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The \u003cem\u003eRoutledge Handbook of Islam in Africa\u003c\/em\u003e provides a fresh synthesis of a field that has grown rapidly over the past four decades. Assembling the insights from first-hand research by twenty leading academics from three continents, the expertise on display here will benefit students and scholars alike, not least through the division of the book into thematic chapters that, each in its own way, open up new windows on the Islamic experience in Africa.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRüdiger Seesemann, \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eChair of Islamic Studies, University of Bayreuth, Germany\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Featuring rich, well-researched contributions by leading scholars in the field, this handbook offers an excellent synthesis of Islam and Muslim societies in Africa. The essays challenge assumptions that Islam in Africa sits on the fringe of the Muslim world and provide much needed insights on Africa’s role in the production of Islam as a global religion. This will be a great resource for students and scholars alike.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAdeline Masquelier, \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eDepartment of Anthropology, Tulane University, USA\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. Introduction \u003cb\u003ePart I: Formation of Islam in Africa: Islamic Scholarship, Literature, and Sufism \u003c\/b\u003e2. The \"Traveling Scholar\" in African Islamic Traditions 3. An Overview of Islamic Literature in Africa 4. Pathways and Formations of ‘African Sufism’ \u003cb\u003ePart II: Dynamics of Religious Infrastructure\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e5. A Historiography of Sub-Saharan\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eAfrican Mosques 6. Sufi Shrines as Material Space 7. The Qur’an School and Trajectories of Islamic Education \u003cb\u003ePart III: Islam and African Intersections \u003c\/b\u003e8. Muslim Christian Relations in Africa 9. Islam and the Question of Gender \u003cb\u003ePart IV: Islam, Politics, and Reform \u003c\/b\u003e10. Islam and Politics in Africa 11. Jihadism in Africa 12. African Salafism \u003cb\u003ePart V: Patterns of Islamic Reform in Africa \u003c\/b\u003e13. Dynamics of Reform in Sub-Saharan Africa 14. Fayda-Tijaniyya and Islamic Reform in Twentieth and Twenty-first Africa 15. Reform in the Discourse of Islam and the Making of Muslim Subjects \u003cb\u003ePart VI: Everyday Muslim Life \u003c\/b\u003e16. People’s Quest for Well-Being 17. Islam, Muslim Life-worlds, and Matters of the Everyday 18. Muslim Youth and Lived Experiences of Islam \u003cb\u003ePart VII: New Technologies and New Connectiveness \u003c\/b\u003e19. Popular Culture in Muslim Africa 20. Media, the Digital, and New Connections 21. Beyond the Invisible Muslims Label\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51018854564183,"sku":"9781032127422","price":41.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781032127422.jpg?v=1750778402","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/routledge-handbook-of-islam-in-africa-9781032127422","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}