[PDF.87qh] Sufi City: Urban Design and Archetypes in Touba (Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora)

Sufi City: Urban Design and Archetypes in Touba (Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora)

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 | #3990995 in Books |  University of Rochester Press |  2006-12-02 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.02 x.69 x5.98l,1.44 | File type: PDF | 308 pages

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||1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.| A Wide Window into Senegal and African Islam|By Jack Kalpakian|This book represents a major contribution to the literature on Sufism in an African context. It addresses how the Murid movement interacted with modernity, Islam, Sufism and African traditions to create a world-accepting synthesis that finds physical form in the modern city of Touba -- an autonomous part of Senegal| |One has to look hard to find fault with this work. It crosses numerous disciplinary boundaries, concompassing aspects of urban history, African and Islamic Studies and cultural geography in a manner that should appeal to all those with an interest in any or al

Sufi City: Urban Design and Archetypes in Touba is a geographical study of the modern Muslim holy city of Touba in Senegal, capital of the Mouride Sufi order. Touba was founded in 1887 by a Sufi shaykh in a moment of mystic illumination. Since the death of the founder in 1927, the Mouride order has designed and built the entire city. Touba is named for Tûbâ, the "Tree of Paradise" of Islamic tradition. This archetypal tree articulates Islamic conceptions of r...

You easily download any file type for your device.Sufi City: Urban Design and Archetypes in Touba (Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora)   |  Eric S. Ross. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.

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