The articulation of relgious identities and their boundaries in Ethiopia: labelling difference and processses of contextualization in Islam

Processes of contextualization in Islam are constantly raising questions about self-perception and the 'other', thus challenging the concept of an 'authentic' identity and its boundaries. Innovations and their appropriation or rejection currently play a significant role in Harar,...

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Main Author: Desplat, Patrick 1971- (Author)
Format: Print Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2005
In: Journal of religion in Africa
Year: 2005, Volume: 35, Issue: 4, Pages: 482-505
Further subjects:B Religious practice
B Ethiopia Harar Islam Religiöse Praxis Soziokulturelle Faktoren Identity
B Islam
B Identity
B Sociocultural factor
B Ethiopia