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04040aam a2200481 i 4500 001 EB45A348957111E48BB50097DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20150106010110 008 140103s2014 ncuab b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2013051122 020 $a 1469614316 020 $a 9781469614311 035 $a (OCoLC)867851681 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d YDX $d YDXCP $d BTCTA $d BDX $d UKMGB $d COO $d OCLCF $d CHVBK $d STF $d ZWZ $d OCLCQ $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a fw----- 050 00 $a BP43.A358 $b W37 2014 082 00 $a 297.7/70966 $2 23 084 $a HIS001050 $a HIS001050 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a Ware, Rudolph T. 245 14 $a The walking Qurʼan : $b Islamic education, embodied knowledge, and history in West Africa / $c Rudolph T. Ware III. 264 1 $a Chapel Hill, North Carolina : $b The University of North Carolina Press, $c [2014] 300 $a xvii, 330 pages : $b illustrations, maps ; $c 24 cm. 490 1 $a Islamic civilization and Muslim networks 520 $a "Typesetter: code used below Spanning a thousand years of history--and bringing the story to the present through ethnographic fieldwork in Senegal, Gambia, and Mauritania--Rudolph Ware documents the profound significance of Quran schools for West African Muslim communities. Such schools peacefully brought Islam to much of the region, becoming striking symbols of Muslim identity. Ware shows how in Senegambia the schools became powerful channels for African resistance during the eras of the slave trade and colonization. While illuminating the past, Ware also makes signal contributions to understanding contemporary Islam by demonstrating how the schools' epistemology of embodiment gives expression to classical Islamic frameworks of learning and knowledge. Today, many Muslims and non-Muslims find West African methods of Quran schooling puzzling and controversial. In fascinating detail, Ware introduces these practices from the viewpoint of the practitioners, explicating their emphasis on educating the whole human being as if to remake it as a living replica of the Quran. From this perspective, the transference of knowledge in core texts and rituals is literally embodied in people, helping shape them--like the Prophet of Islam--into vital bearers of the word of God."-- $c Provided by publisher. 520 $a "Spanning a thousand years of history--and bringing the story to the present through ethnographic fieldwork in Senegal, Gambia, and Mauritania--Ware documents the profound significance of Qurʼan schools for West African Muslim communities. Such schools peacefully brought Islam to much of the region, becoming striking symbols of Muslim identity. Ware shows how in Senegambia the schools became powerful channels for African resistance during the eras of the slave trade and colonization. While illuminating the past, Ware also makes signal contributions to understanding contemporary Islam by demonstrating how the schools' epistemology of embodiment gives expression to classical Islamic frameworks of learning and knowledge"-- $c Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-317) and index. 630 00 $a Qurʼan $x Study and teaching $z Africa, West. 630 07 $a Qurʼan. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01842877 630 07 $a Qurʼan. $0 (DE-588)4032444-8 $2 gnd 630 07 $a Coran $x EÌtude et enseignement $z Afrique occidentale. $2 ram 650 0 $a Islamic religious education $z Africa, West. 650 7 $a Islamic religious education. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00980044 650 7 $a Study skills. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01136216 651 7 $a Africa, West. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01239521 650 7 $a Islam. $0 (DE-588)4027743-4 $2 gnd 650 7 $a Islamische Erziehung. $0 (DE-588)4317554-5 $2 gnd 651 7 $a Westafrika. $0 (DE-588)4079203-1 $2 gnd 650 7 $a EÌducation religieuse islamique $z Afrique occidentale. $2 ram 830 0 $a Islamic civilization & Muslim networks. 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231018014742.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=EB45A348957111E48BB50097DAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search