Permanent Pilgrims
The Role of Pilgrimage in the Lives of West African Muslims in Sudan
Seiten
1995
Edinburgh University Press (Verlag)
978-0-7486-0592-7 (ISBN)
Edinburgh University Press (Verlag)
978-0-7486-0592-7 (ISBN)
This book examines life in a set of pilgrim villages in Sudan to show how the concept of pilgrimage is maintained.
West African pilgrims in Sudan believe that walking across the savannas and desert is the only proper way of performing the Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca. However, their journey appears to stop halfway in Sudan, where many of them reside in stranger enclaves as fourth- and fifth-generation immigrants. Describing themselves as transients, they see these villages as temporary stations on their way to Mecca. This book examines life in a set of pilgrim villages to show how the concept of pilgrimage is maintained. It examines why these people allow themselves to live in a state of permanent transition, and argues that here pilgrimage is a symbolic journey analogous to life itself.
West African pilgrims in Sudan believe that walking across the savannas and desert is the only proper way of performing the Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca. However, their journey appears to stop halfway in Sudan, where many of them reside in stranger enclaves as fourth- and fifth-generation immigrants. Describing themselves as transients, they see these villages as temporary stations on their way to Mecca. This book examines life in a set of pilgrim villages to show how the concept of pilgrimage is maintained. It examines why these people allow themselves to live in a state of permanent transition, and argues that here pilgrimage is a symbolic journey analogous to life itself.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 26.5.1995 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | International African Library |
| Verlagsort | Edinburgh |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Gewicht | 551 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Islam |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-7486-0592-4 / 0748605924 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-7486-0592-7 / 9780748605927 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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