Book ; Online: Realizing Islam
2020
Abstract: ... of the Tijaniyyas origins and development in the late eighteenth century, Zachary Valentine Wright situates ... the groups founder, Ahmad al-Tijani (1737 - 1815), Wright focuses on the wider network in which al-Tijani ... of perceived social and political corruption. Wright argues that this constellation of remarkable Muslim intellectuals ...
| Abstract | The Tijaniyya is the largest Sufi order in West and North Africa. In this unprecedented analysis of the Tijaniyyas origins and development in the late eighteenth century, Zachary Valentine Wright situates the order within the broader intellectual history of Islam in the early modern period. Introducing the groups founder, Ahmad al-Tijani (1737 - 1815), Wright focuses on the wider network in which al-Tijani traveled, revealing it as a veritable global Islamic revival whose scholars commanded large followings, shared key ideas, and produced literature read widely throughout the Muslim world. They were linked through chains of knowledge transmission from which emerged vibrant discourses of renewal in the face of perceived social and political corruption. Wright argues that this constellation of remarkable Muslim intellectuals, despite the uncertainly of the age, promoted personal verification in religious learning. With distinctive concern for the notions of human actualization and a universal human condition, the Tijaniyya emphasized the importance of the realization of Muslim identity. Since its beginnings in North Africa in the eighteenth century, the Tijaniyya has quietly expanded its influence beyond Africa, with significant populations in the Middle East, Southeast Asia, and North America |
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| Keywords | Islam. Bahai Faith. Theosophy, etc ; History (General) ; Communities. Classes. Races |
| Size | 1 electronic resource (307 pages) |
| Publisher | The University of North Carolina Press |
| Document type | Book ; Online |
| Note | English ; Open Access |
| HBZ-ID | HT020590162 |
| ISBN | 9781469660844 ; 1469660849 |
| DOI | 10.5149/9781469660844_Wright |
| Database | ZB MED Catalogue: Medicine, Health, Nutrition, Environment, Agriculture |
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