Saints and Somalis: Popular Islam in a Clan-Based Society

by Ioan M. Lewis and I.M. Lewis

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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...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:1569021031

ISBN13:9781569021033

Release Date:October 1998

Publisher:Red Sea Press(NJ)

Length:174 Pages

Weight:0.60 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 5.6" x 8.6"

Related Subjects

Cultural Islam Politics & Social Sciences Religion Religion & Spirituality Social Science Social Sciences Sufism

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