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Eine Zeitlandschaft in der Globalisierung: Das islamische ...
Roman LoimeierDie konkrete Ausgestaltung von Zeitordnungen ist Inhalt vielfältiger sozialer, politischer und religiöser Aushandlungsprozesse. Roman Loimeier beleuchtet die Entwicklung der islamischen Zeitlandschaft Sansibar im 19. und 20.
Globalisierung im lokalen Kontext: Perspektiven und Konzepte ...
PreviewPerspektiven und Konzepte von Handeln in Afrika Roman Loimeier, Dieter Neubert, Cordula Weissköppel. Einleitung: Globalisierung im lokalen Kontext – Perspektiven und Konzepte von Handeln in Afrika Roman Loimeier, Dieter Neubert, ...
Islamic Reform and Political Change in Northern Nigeria
Roman LoimeierHis work fills a substantial gap in contemporary Nigerian studies. This book provides invaluable and essential reading for serious students of Nigerian politics and of Islamic movements in Africa.
Unveiling Modernity in Twentieth-Century West African ...
Ousman Murzik Kobo6 lucy Behrman, Muslim Brotherhoods and Politics in Senegal (cambridge, ma: Harvard university Press, 1970), 162; roman loimeier, “cheikh touré: un musulman Sénégalais dans le siècle,” in Islam et Islamismes au sud du Sahara, ed.
Islamic Reform in Twentieth-Century Africa
Professor Roman LoimeierBased on twelve case studies (Senegal, Mali, Nigeria, Niger, Chad, Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Zanzibar and the Comoros), this book looks at patterns and peculiarities of different traditions of Islamic reform.
Understanding Boko Haram: Terrorism and Insurgency in Africa
PreviewSee the most recent surveys of the Nigerian Research Network, accessed July 15 , 2016, www.qeh.ox.ac.uk/research/research-networks/nrn/nrn-wp. Roman Loimeier thus understands Salafism as a form of Protestantism with a view toward ...
Between Social Skills and Marketable Skills: The Politics of ...
Roman LoimeierThe present volume is a pioneering study of the development of Islamic traditions of learning in 20th century Zanzibar and the role of Muslim scholars in society and politics, based on extensive fieldwork and archival research in Zanzibar ...
Muslim Societies in Africa: A Historical Anthropology
Roman LoimeierPeoples and Empires in African History: Essays in Memory ofMichael Crowder, London, 1992; Louis Brenner, “Concepts of Tariqa in West Africa: The Case of the Qadiriyya," in Donal B. Cruise O'Brien and Christian Coulon (eds.), Charisma ...
General Instruction of the Roman Missal
Roman ChurchThe General Instruction of the Roman Missal (G.I.R.M.), from the Roman Missal, promotes active, conscious participation of the faithful in the Sacrament of the Holy Eucharist.
The Roman Revolution
Ronald SymeThe Roman Revolution is a profound and unconventional treatment of a great theme - the fall of the Republic and the decline of freedom in Rome between 60 BC and AD 14, and the rise to power of the greatest of the Roman Emperors, Augustus.
The Roman Revolution
Ronald SymeThe Roman Revolution is a profound and unconventional treatment of a great theme - the fall of the Republic and the decline of freedom in Rome between 60 BC and AD 14, and the rise to power of the greatest of the Roman Emperors, Augustus.
Isis and Sarapis in the Roman world
Sarolta A. TakácsIsis and Sarapis in the Roman World deals with the integration of the cult of Isis among Roman cults, the subsequent transformation of Isis and Sarapis into gods of the Roman state, and the epigraphic employment of the names of these two ...
Discovering the Roman family: studies in Roman social history
K. R. BradleyThese essays on various aspects of family life in ancient Rome offer an especially timely and provocative new characterization of how this most elementary component of Roman society was structured.
Reading Rivers in Roman Literature and Culture
Prudence J. JonesSarolta A. Takács, Editor With the introduction of this series, Roman Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches, we hope to enhance understanding of the ancient Roman world. This empire was multicultural and lasted, from a mythological ...
The Roman Army and the Expansion of the Gospel: The Role of ...
Alexander KyrychenkoWhat is the literary function of centurions in the story of Luke-Acts? To answer this question, the book considers these NT texts alongside the Greco-Roman and Jewish sources that offer insights into the Roman military.
The Legacy of Rome: Scotland's Roman Remains
L. J. F. KeppieIn this revised edition, Lawrence Keppie sets out various stages of Roman occupation in historical context and shows how literary and archaelogical evidence can be used to build up a picture of the Roman period.
Roman Art
Donald Emrys StrongFirst published in 1976, this standard work on the subject traces the development of Roman art from its beginings to the end of the fourth century AD, embracing the monuments of the Republic and then of the later Roman empire, demonstrating ...
Roman Readings: Roman Response to Greek Literature from ...
Elaine FanthamThis volume presents closely connected articles by Elaine Fantham which deal with Roman responses to Greek literature on three major subjects: the history and criticism of Latin poetry and rhetoric, women in Roman life and dramatic poetry ...
Roman Power: A Thousand Years of Empire
W. V. HarrisThis book explains the growth, durability and eventual shrinkage of Roman imperial power alongside the Roman state's internal power structures.
The later Roman empire today: papers given in honour of ...
D. F. ClarkA collection of original research articles relating to Roman historical and epigraphic studies presented in honor of Professor John Mann. Supported by the Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies.
Roman Theatre
Timothy J. MooreTragedy in the Roman Republic Roman audiences of Plautus and Terence's day enjoyed tragic as well as comic drama. Several playwrights adapted Athenian tragedies, including those of the great fifth—century playwrights Aeschylus, ...
Religion in Roman Britain
Mr Martin HenigApart from Christianity and the Oriental Cults, religion in Roman Britain is often discussed as though it remained basically Celtic in belief and practice, under a thin veneer of Roman influence.
Roman Law: An Historical Introduction
Hans Julius WolffIn this book an international authority on Roman legal history sets forth in clear, understandable English the institutions of Roman law and traces their development through the Byzantine Empire into medieval and modern Europe.
Ceramics Before Farming: The Dispersal of Pottery Among ...
Peter JordanPalestine in the Bronze and Iron Ages Paula J. Turner, Roman Coins from India Margaret M. Roxan, Roman Military Diplomas 1985 to 1993 Margaret M. Roxan, Roman Military Diplomas 1978 to 1984 Margaret M. Roxan, Roman Military ...
Tarô, un vrai roman
Minae MizumuraLa publication de Tarô, un vrai roman, son troisième roman, a été considérée comme un événement au Japon. Traduit du japonais par Sophie Refle
Roman People
Robert B. KebricRoman People explains the ancient classical Roman world by focusing on individual personalities--what is known about them and their world views.
Roman Building: Materials and Techniques
Jean-Pierre AdamWith over 750 illustrations, Roman Buildings is a thorough and systematic examination of Roman architecture and building practice, looking at large-scale public buildings as well as more modest homes and shops.
The Story of the Roman Amphitheatre
David L. BomgardnerGenerously illustrated with 141 plans and photographs, The Story of the Roman Amphitheatre offers a comprehensive picture of the origins, development, and eventual decline of the most typical and evocative of Roman monuments.
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