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Mixed Messages: Using the Bible and Qur'ān in Swahili Tracts

By: John A. Chesworth

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Mixed Messages: Using the Bible and Qur'ān in Swahili Tracts

By: John A. Chesworth

The present volume sets Swahili religious tracts available in Kenya and Tanzania in their context. The book starts with an overview of tracts in Swahili from the 19th century to the present day, an examination of Swahili as a religious language, and an introduction to Swahili versions of the Bible and Qurʾān. Chesworth then introduces the range of tracts currently available, examining eight in detail. In particular he considers how they present scripture in order to promote their own faith, Islam or Christianity, whilst denigrating the ‘other’. Finally, the volume discusses the impact from modern media on these tracts.

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BRILL

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9004519661

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9789004519664

The Ahmadiyya in the Gold Coast

Muslim Cosmopolitans in the British Empire

By: John H. Hanson

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The Ahmadiyya in the Gold Coast

Muslim Cosmopolitans in the British Empire

By: John H. Hanson

The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, a global movement with more than half a million Ghanaian members, runs an extensive network of English-language schools and medical facilities in Ghana today. Founded in South Asia in 1889, the Ahmadiyya arrived in Ghana when a small coastal community invited an Ahmadiyya missionary to visit in 1921. Why did this invitation arise and how did the Ahmadiyya become such a vibrant religious community? John H. Hanson places the early history of the Ahmadiyya into the religious and cultural transformations of the British Gold Coast (colonial Ghana). Beginning with accounts of the visions of the African Methodist Binyameen Sam, Hanson reveals how Sam established a Muslim community in a coastal context dominated by indigenous expressions and Christian missions. Hanson also illuminates the Islamic networks that connected this small Muslim community through London to British India. African Ahmadi Muslims, working with a few South Asian Ahmadiyya missionaries, spread the Ahmadiyya's theological message and educational ethos with zeal and effectiveness. This is a global story of religious engagement, modernity, and cultural transformations arising at the dawn of independence.

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Indiana University Press

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0253029511

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9780253029515

Education Studies: Issues & Critical Perspectives

Issues and Critical Perspectives

By: Kassem, Derek,Mufti , Emmanuel,Robinson, John

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Education Studies: Issues & Critical Perspectives

Issues and Critical Perspectives

By: Kassem, Derek,Mufti , Emmanuel,Robinson, John

Education Studies' is an essential text for Education Studies students. It provides a critical account of key issues in education today. Themed sections with introductions link the issues discussed in each chapter.

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McGraw-Hill Education (UK)

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0335219721

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9780335219728

Book's by John A. Chesworth

Mixed Messages: Using the Bible and Qur'ān in Swahili Tracts

Mixed Messages: Using the Bible and Qur'ān in Swahili Tracts

The Ahmadiyya in the Gold Coast

The Ahmadiyya in the Gold Coast

Education Studies: Issues & Critical Perspectives

Education Studies: Issues & Critical Perspectives

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