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Subject(s)

• Qurʼan—Study and teaching—Sudan—Marra Mountains [Browse]
• Islamic religious education—Sudan—Marra Mountains [Browse]
• Muslim scholars—Sudan—Marra Mountains [Browse]
• Muslim men—Religious life—Sudan—Marra Mountains [Browse]
• Islam—Sudan—Marra Mountains—Customs and practices [Browse]
• Islam—Sudan—Marra Mountains—Rituals [Browse]
• Fur (African people)—Religion [Browse]
• Anthropology of religion—Sudan—Marra Mountains [Browse]

Series

• Beiträge zur Afrikaforschung ; Bd. 81. [More in this series]
• Beiträge zur Afrikaforschung, 0938-7285 ; Band 81 [More in this series]

Summary note

"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.

Dissertation note

Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--BIGSAS, Universität Bayreuth, 2016.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (pages 387-403).

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.

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ISBN

• 9783643909169 ((pbk.))
• 3643909160 ((pbk.))

LCCN

2017449211

OCLC

1005074141

International Article Number

• 9783643909169

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