Screen LibraryMuslim Ethiopia The Christian legacy, identity politics and Islamic reformism /
Drawing on international and multidisciplinary expertise, this pioneering edited collection analyzing Islam in contemporary Ethiopia challenges the popular notion of a 'Christian Ethiopia' imagined as the century-old, never colonized Abyssinia, isolated in the highlands and dominated by Or...
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| Literature type: | Electronic Software eBook |
| Language: | English |
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http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9781137322098 |
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Drawing on international and multidisciplinary expertise, this pioneering edited collection analyzing Islam in contemporary Ethiopia challenges the popular notion of a 'Christian Ethiopia' imagined as the century-old, never colonized Abyssinia, isolated in the highlands and dominated by Orthodox Christianity. |
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Electronic book text. Epublication based on: 9781137325297. |
| Carrier Form: | 280 p. : 12 b&w, ill., 2 maps. |
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9781137325297 9781137322098 : 1137322098 : |
| CLC: | B968 |
| Contents: | Contents Acknowledgement Foreword-- Benjamin Soares Introduction: Muslims in Ethiopia: The Christian Legacy, Identity Politics and Islamic Reformism-- Patrick Desplat & Terje Ostebo PART I: CAPACITIES, CONSTRAINTS, NEW WAYS OF LIVING 1. Muslim Struggle for Recognition in Contemporary Ethiopia-- Dereje Feyissa 2. Being Young, Being Muslim in Bale-- Terje Ostebo 3. Religious Change and the Remaking of Boundaries among Muslim Afar Pastoralists-- Simone Rettberg PART II: ISLAM, IDENTITY, AND REFORM 4. The Formation of Trans-religious Pilgrimage Centers in Southeast Ethiopia: Sitti Momina and the Faraqasa Connection-- Minako Ishihara 5. The Gendering Dimension in Sufi Contestation of Religious Orthodoxy: Representations of Women in a Sufi Shrine at Tiru Sina-- Meron Zeleke 6. Negotiating Wali Venerating Practices in Ethiopia: Islamic Reformist Movements and Identity Politics in Siltie Zone-- Zerihun A. Woldeselassie 7. Against Wahabism? Islamic Reform, Ambivalence and Sentiments of Loss in Harar-- Patrick Desplat PART III: ETHIOPIAN MUSLIMS AND THE HORN OF AFRICA 8. Islam, War and Peace in the Horn of Africa-- Haggai Erlich 9. Transborder Islamic Activism in the Horn of Africa: The Case of Tadamun - an Ethiopian Muslim Brotherhood?-- Stig Jarle Hansen 10. Ahlu Sunna wa l-Jama'a in Somalia-- Roland Marchal and Zakaria M. Sheekh Postscript-- Terje Ostebo List of Contributors. |