Deep Knowledge : : Ways of Knowing in Sufism and Ifa, Two West African Intellectual Traditions / / Oludamini Ogunnaike.
This book is an in-depth, comparative study of two of the most popular and influential intellectual and spiritual traditions of West Africa: Tijani Sufism and Ifa. Employing a unique methodological approach that thinks with and from—rather than merely about—these traditions, Oludamini Ogunnaike argu...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Penn State University Press Complete eBook-Package 2020 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | University Park, PA : : Penn State University Press, , [2020] ©2020 |
| Year of Publication: | 2020 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Africana Religions ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (480 p.) :; 4 illustrations |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: African Philosophy
- Part 1: Ways of Knowing in Tijani Sufism
- 1 What Is Tijani Sufism
- 2 What Is Maʿrifa
- 3 How Is Maʿrifa Acquired
- 4 How Does Tarbiya Work
- Part 2: Ways of Knowing in Ifa
- 5 What Is Ifa
- 6 Knowledge in Ifa
- 7 How Is Knowledge Acquired in Ifa
- 8 How Is Knowledge Verified in Ifa
- Part 3: Comparing Ifa and Tijani Sufism
- 9 Comparing Ifa and Tijani Sufism
- 10 Comparative Conclusions
- Notes
- Index