Alexander Thurston

Salafism in Nigeria

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Produktbeschreibung

Examines how Salafism, a globally influential Muslim movement, is reshaping religious authority in Nigeria, Africa's most populous country.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 300
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. September 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 588g
• ISBN-13: 9781107157439
• ISBN-10: 1107157439
• Artikelnr.: 45154324

Autorenporträt

Alexander Thurston is Visiting Assistant Professor of African Studies at Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service. He has conducted field research in Nigeria and Senegal, and has published in African Affairs, the Journal of the American Academy of Religion, the Journal of Religion in Africa, and Islamic Africa, as well as with the Brookings Institution, the Center for Strategic and International Studies, and the Carnegie Endowment.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
Introduction: defining Salafism, analysing canons
Part I. Salafism and its Transmission: 1. The canon and canonizers
2. Africans and Saudi Arabia
3. Nigerians in Medina
Part II. The Canon in Action: 4. Teaching the canon
5. The canon in religious debates and electronic media
6. The canon in politics
Part III. Boko Haram and the Canon: 7. Boko Haram from Salafism to jihadism
8. Reclaiming the canon
Appendix 1: the Sermon of Necessity
Glossary of persons
Glossary of Arabic terms
Bibliography.