| Shi'i Cosmopolitanisms in Africa: Lebanese Migration and Religious Conversion in Senegal Contributor(s): Leichtman, Mara A. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0253015995 ISBN-13: 9780253015990 Publisher: Indiana University Press OUR PRICE: $79.20 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Africa - West - Religion | Islam - Shi'a - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social |
| Dewey: 297.820 |
| LCCN: 2014048975 |
| Series: Public Cultures of the Middle East and North Africa |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.2" W x 9.2" (1.20 lbs) 312 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - West Africa - Religious Orientation - Islamic |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Mara A. Leichtman offers an in-depth study of Shi'i Islam in two very different communities in Senegal: the well-established Lebanese diaspora and Senegalese converts from Sunni to Shi'i Islam of recent decades. Sharing a minority religious status in a predominantly Sunni Muslim country, each group is cosmopolitan in its own way. Leichtman provides new insights into the everyday lives of Shi'i Muslims in Africa and the dynamics of local and global Islam. She explores the influence of Hizbullah and Islamic reformist movements, and offers a corrective to prevailing views of Sunni-Shi'i hostility, demonstrating that religious coexistence is possible in a context such as Senegal. |
