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"Extending Edward Said's study of the Orientalist tradition in Western scholarship, Bangura traces the origins of contemporary misunderstandings of African Islam to the discourse of colonial literature. Western critics and writers, he observes, typically without access to Islam except through the colonialist tradition, have perpetuated unfounded, politically motivated themes.".
In Senegal, the Muridiyya, a large Islamic Sufi order, is the single most influential religious organization, including among its numbers the nation’s president. Yet little is known of this sect in the West. Drawn from a wide variety of archival, oral, and iconographic sources in Arabic, French, and Wolof, Fighting the Greater Jihad offers an astute analysis of the founding and development of the order and a biographical study of its founder, Cheikh Amadu Bamba Mbacke. Cheikh Anta Babou explores the forging of Murid identity and pedagogy around the person and initiative of Amadu Bamba as well as the continuing reconstruction of this identity by more recent followers. He makes a compelling ...
The little girl has become a woman despite all the odds. She didn't speak for five years after witnessing the horrific drowning of her mother. After suffering years of mental, physical, sexual and psychological abuse she is free from what's gone before. She wants to live her life . but will the past let her.
"When it comes to the J.A./J.S. Craig Fenton is the source." Signe Anderson original J.A. member and part of the J.S. 93-94. Have You Seen The Stars Tonite contains 179 photos, the singles and albums the Jefferson Starship and J.S. The Next Generation released, a healthy dose of the solo projects, and the dates of service for members of the band past and present. There is much more. You can find documentation on the players that filled in for the regular members, special guests, and setlists either whole or at least partial for 703 concerts. There is no reason to stop there. The first time a song appeared, alternate versions, excerpts, poem titles, and a year-by-year breakdown of the tunes performed are all included in the flight manual. Finally, you can see which Jefferson Airplane titles were performed, an entire list of documented songs played 1974-1978 and 1992-2007 as well as an extensive listing of many of the cover tunes performed and the artists that made them famous.
This book explores a larger family of saints—those celebrated not just by Christianity but by other religious traditions of the world: Muslim, Hindu, Jewish, Buddhist, Confucian, African, and Caribbean. The essays show how saints serve as moral exemplars in the communities that venerate them.
Love springs from short relationships in all 4 books --- In all 4 there is some difficulty in getting the relationship started. --- Sex is problematic in 3 --- It is the west that is the location of all 4 books, Colorado, Oregon, Montana and Idaho --- Although there are difficulties in getting the love relationships in gear, once they are love burns eternal --- All 4 have some elements of religion in them.
An appealing and lively autobiography by one of Australia's most distinguished journalists, A Passionate Life will strike a chord with working women everywhere. An updated edition, now including an epilogue. Kerry Packer described her as a ‘dedicated and brilliant journalist who has achieved greatness in her industry very early and so quickly’ and ‘a jewel beyond price’. Cold Chisel wrote a song about her. Rupert Murdoch was so impressed by her talents, he asked her to be the editor-in-chief of both the Daily and Sunday Telegraphs – and in doing so, become the first woman ever to edit a major Australian metropolitan newspaper. In her extraordinary career, spanning over fifty years,...
First Published in 1979. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Gamer By: John Coppett Gamer by John Coppett is a unique tale of fiction based on the life of Millard “Frosty” Snyder, a 74-year-old widower. As we meet Frosty on an early April day, he is tending the garden that his late wife, Francine, had loved and cared for; it is the first anniversary of her passing. The couple had been childless, which had left Frosty without a support system. Gardening was an activity that provided some relief from his sorrow; it made him feel close to Francine. The story unravels in several realms of time and space, which gives the reader a deeper understanding of the life of Frosty Snyder. There will be glimpses of his past as a Minor League Baseball catcher and...
There is a new casino being built in Dodge. Since it is connected to an old Indian burial ground, there are mixed feelings about if it should be built or not. There are strange stories that have been told about Dodge, and people are worried. One person in particular is Sue. She doesn't want her husband, Jim, to work for Paul at the construction site. Paul just wants to do his job and get the casino built. However, something or someone is killing off his workers. Which has Sue worried even more. The authorities have shut down the construction site until this monster is caught. How can they catch a monster that is a toy statue one minute, and a larger than life iron demon the next, who seems to have trouble staying in one city? Will this monster ever be caught? Will the casino ever be built? Only time will tell, and according to Paul's boss, that time is running out.