Tolerance, Democracy, and Sufis in Senegal

Book Overview

This collection critically examines "tolerance," "secularism," and respect for religious "diversity" within a social and political system dominated by Sufi brotherhoods. Through a detailed analysis of Senegal's political economy, essays trace the genealogy and dynamic exchange among these concepts while investigating public spaces and political processes and their reciprocal engagement with the state, Sunni reformist and radical groups, and non-religious...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231162634
• ISBN13: 9780231162630
• Release Date: January 2013
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher