Saints and Somalis: Popular Islam in a Clan-based Society
- ISBN-10
- 1569021031
- ISBN-13
- 9781569021033
- Category
- Religion
- Pages
- 174
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1998
- Publisher
- The Red Sea Press
- Author
- I. M. Lewis
Description
This collection of essays based on first-hand anthropological field research spanning many years, brings together in a single volume the author's collected material on characteristics of popular Islam amongst the Somali of the Horn of Africa. Rigorous, outspoken, and backing his arguments with reflections based on a lifetime of research and scholarship, Lewis makes a major contribution to understanding the place and role of religion in Somali society.
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