Wrapping Authority
Women Islamic Leaders in a Sufi Movement in Dakar, Senegal
- Editore:
University of Toronto Press
- Collana:
- Anthropological Horizons
- EAN:
9781487503079
- ISBN:
1487503075
- Pagine:
- 320
- Formato:
- Hardback
- Lingua:
- Inglese
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Descrizione Wrapping Authority
Since around 2000, a growing number of women in Dakar, Senegal have come to act openly as spiritual leaders for both men and women. As urban youth turn to the Fayḍa Tijāniyya Sufi Islamic movement in search of direction and community, these women provide guidance in practicing Islam and cultivating mystical knowledge of God. While women Islamic leaders may appear radical in a context where women have rarely exercised Islamic authority, they have provoked surprisingly little controversy. Wrapping Authority tells these women’s stories and explores how they have developed ways of leading that feel natural to themselves and those around them.
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