Islamic revivalism in conteporary Ghana
By: Yunus Dumbe
Series: Södertörn studies on religion -- 5; Södertörn studies on religion -- 5.
Publisher: Södertörn University
Published: 2013
Place of publication: [Stockholm, Sweden]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 168
ISBN-13: 9789197819411
Subjects: Islam; Muslims; Wahhābīyah; Islamic modernism; Islamic renewal; Religion
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-168).
Table of contents: title: Acknowledgments; title: 1. Introduction; title: 2. Ghana's foreign policy and its impact on Islamic revivalism; title: 3. Sufi revivalism; title: 4. Salifi revivalism; title: 5. Shi'ism and the search for religious space; title: 6. The third universal theory; title: 7. Concluding remarks.