عنوان

ʻSpeaking for Islamʼ and Religious Authority in Zongos in Asante, Ghana

شماره

LA116424

زبان متن نوشتاري يا گفتاري و مانند آن

انگلیسی

عنوان اصلي

ʻSpeaking for Islamʼ and Religious Authority in Zongos in Asante, Ghana

نام عام مواد

[Article]

نام نخستين پديدآور

Benedikt Pontzen

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

Leiden

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

Brill

متن يادداشت

In presenting and comparing three different endeavors of ʻspeaking for Islamʼ in the Muslim communities of zongos in Asante, this essay analyzes what renders this act into a felicitous performance. Accordingly, I delineate and discuss the grounds on which one is accorded or denied the authority to make consequential pronouncements on Islamic matters within the discursive tradition of this religion. As I argue, this authority does not solely hinge on one's erudite Islamic learning and one's abilities to implement it in one's rhetoric; it also depends on one's personal demeanor and reputation in the community. In order to have the actual chance to make consequential pronouncements on Islamic matters, which include religious as well as moral issues, one's authority has to be accorded by those over whom it is exercised, and can neither be claimed nor enforced as such. In presenting and comparing three different endeavors of ʻspeaking for Islamʼ in the Muslim communities of zongos in Asante, this essay analyzes what renders this act into a felicitous performance. Accordingly, I delineate and discuss the grounds on which one is accorded or denied the authority to make consequential pronouncements on Islamic matters within the discursive tradition of this religion. As I argue, this authority does not solely hinge on one's erudite Islamic learning and one's abilities to implement it in one's rhetoric; it also depends on one's personal demeanor and reputation in the community. In order to have the actual chance to make consequential pronouncements on Islamic matters, which include religious as well as moral issues, one's authority has to be accorded by those over whom it is exercised, and can neither be claimed nor enforced as such.

تاريخ نشر

2017

توصيف ظاهري

42-71

عنوان

Journal of Religion in Africa

شماره جلد

47/1

شماره استاندارد بين المللي پياييندها

1570-0666

اصطلاح موضوعی

authority

اصطلاح موضوعی

Ghana

اصطلاح موضوعی

Islam

اصطلاح موضوعی

sermon

اصطلاح موضوعی

zongo

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Benedikt Pontzen

شماره بازیابی

10.1163/15700666-12340098

نام الکترونيکي

فرمت انتشار

p

نوع ماده

[Article]

کد کاربرگه

275578

سطح دسترسي

a

تكميل شده

Y