R W Niezen
Biographic Data
| ID | 112115 |
|---|---|
| NAME | R W Niezen |
| GIVEN NAMES | R W |
| FAMILY NAME | Niezen |
| SIGNATURE | NIEZEN R W |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1990 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Women of the Jama'a Ansar al-Sunna: Female Participation in a West African Islamic Reform Movement
(1995). Women of the Jama'a Ansar al-Sunna: Female Participation in a West African Islamic Reform Movement. Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue canadienne des études africaines: Vol. 29, No. 3, pp. 403-428
Hot Literacy in Cold Societies: A Comparative Study of the Sacred Value of Writing
The argument that the presence or absence of widespread literacy constitutes the central criterion to distinguish 'savage' from 'domesticated' society, presented by Goody in a number of works (1968, 1977, 1986, 1987), makes close associations between alphabetic literacy and the growth of knowledge and between restricted literacy and traditional societies. In this essay, I will challenge these associations by presenting material from medieval Euro…
The 'Community of Helpers of the Sunna: Islamic reform among the Songhay of Gao (Mali)
Opening ParagraphIn recent decades a scripturalist, anti-Sufi interpretation of Islam has made steady gains in several parts of sub-Saharan Africa. For non-reformers who are confronted with this phenomenon it is easy to consider all active reformers as emerging from the same mould, as turning for inspiration and guidance to the same religious sources, differing only in the intensity of their fervour or commitment. The task of a more scholarly app…
The 'Community of Helpers of the Sunna: Islamic reform among the Songhay of Gao (Mali)
Opening ParagraphIn recent decades a scripturalist, anti-Sufi interpretation of Islam has made steady gains in several parts of sub-Saharan Africa. For non-reformers who are confronted with this phenomenon it is easy to consider all active reformers as emerging from the same mould, as turning for inspiration and guidance to the same religious sources, differing only in the intensity of their fervour or commitment. The task of a more scholarly app…
Hot Literacy in Cold Societies: A Comparative Study of the Sacred Value of Writing
The argument that the presence or absence of widespread literacy constitutes the central criterion to distinguish 'savage' from 'domesticated' society, presented by Goody in a number of works (1968, 1977, 1986, 1987), makes close associations between alphabetic literacy and the growth of knowledge and between restricted literacy and traditional societies. In this essay, I will challenge these associations by presenting material from medieval Euro…
The 'Community of Helpers of the Sunna: Islamic reform among the Songhay of Gao (Mali)
Opening ParagraphIn recent decades a scripturalist, anti-Sufi interpretation of Islam has made steady gains in several parts of sub-Saharan Africa. For non-reformers who are confronted with this phenomenon it is easy to consider all active reformers as emerging from the same mould, as turning for inspiration and guidance to the same religious sources, differing only in the intensity of their fervour or commitment. The task of a more scholarly app…
Hot Literacy in Cold Societies: A Comparative Study of the Sacred Value of Writing
The argument that the presence or absence of widespread literacy constitutes the central criterion to distinguish 'savage' from 'domesticated' society, presented by Goody in a number of works (1968, 1977, 1986, 1987), makes close associations between alphabetic literacy and the growth of knowledge and between restricted literacy and traditional societies. In this essay, I will challenge these associations by presenting material from medieval Euro…
Women of the Jama'a Ansar al-Sunna: Female Participation in a West African Islamic Reform Movement
(1995). Women of the Jama'a Ansar al-Sunna: Female Participation in a West African Islamic Reform Movement. Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue canadienne des études africaines: Vol. 29, No. 3, pp. 403-428
History (3 works) · Islam (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · African Studies and Ethnography (2 works) · African Studies and Geopolitics (2 works) · History (2 works) · Law (2 works)