The walking Quran : islamic education, embodied knowledge, and history in West Africa /
Rudolph T. Ware III.
- xvii, 330 páginas : ilustraciones ; 24 cm.
- Islamic civilization and Muslim networks .
- Islamic civilization & Muslim networks. .
Incluye referencias bibliográficas e índice.
_ Introduction : Islam, the Qur´an school, and the Africans -- Education, embodiment, and epistemology -- Embodying Islam in West Africa : the making of a clerisy, ca. 1000-1770 -- The book in chains : slavery and revolution in Senegambia, 1770-1890 -- Bodies of knowledge : schooling, Sufism, and social change in colonial Senegal, 1890-1945 -- Disembodied knowledge? : ´reform´ and epistemology in Senegal, 1945-present -- Conclusion : The Qur´an school, the body, and the health of the Umma.