John Glover

Examines through the use of Murid oral and written sources the creation of an "alternative modernity" as an understanding of historical change by Sufi notables and disciples. The Murid order, founded in Senegal in the latter decades of the nineteenth century, grew into a major Sufi order during the colonial period and is now among the most recognizable of the Sufi orders in Africa. Murids have spread the voice of Islam and Africa in concert halls and on the airwaves through pop singers -- especially Youssou N'Dour -- and the image of Shaykh Amadu Bamba M'Backé, the founding saint of the order, often used to grace the covers ofworks concerning Islam, African culture, abolition, and European colonization. In this insightful and revealing study, John Glover explores the manner in which a Muslim society in West Africa actively created a conception ofmodernity that reflects its own historical awareness and identity. Drawing from Murid written and oral historical sources, Glover carefully considers how the Murid order at the collective and individual levels has navigated the intersection of two major historical forces -- Islam, specifically in the contexts of reform and mysticism, and European colonization -- and achieved in the process an understanding of modernity not as an unwilling witness but as anactive participant. Ultimately, Sufism and Jihad in Modern Senegal presents the reader with a new portrait of a society that has used its notion of modernity to adapt and incorporate further historical changes into its identity as an African Sufi order. John Glover is Associate Professor of History at the University of Redlands in southern California.

The Murid Order

Sufism and Jihad in Modern Senegal

Comprehensively illustrated with a selection of photographs and line drawings, this new edition of London's Underground will become the standard work of reference on the Underground, its past, present and future.

London's Underground

London Underground

With the arrival of the privatised railway and the nature of railway operation, the delivery of a safe service to the customer got much more complex. In place of the unified nationalised network, more than 100 different companies were now involved in the day-to-day running of the railway network. Each chapter in this book deals with the organisation of the contemporary railway, the principles behind the safe operation of railways, track and signalling, passenger stations, passenger train operation, freight train operation, service provision and planning, safety and much else.

Principles of Railway Operation

Le livere de reis de Brittanie e le livere de reis de Engletere. - London, Longmans & Green 1865

Le livere de reis de Brittanie e le livere de reis de Engletere

Shewing how Parallel this is to the Christian's Life of Faith ...

Remarks on the Passage of the Israelites Thro' the Wilderness to the Land of Canaan

E, Le Livere de Reis de Engleterre

Le Livere de Reis de Brittanie

Isabella Rossellini

Jerzy Skolimowski

Mikhail Baryhnikov

Taylor Hackford

Gregory Hines

White Nights - Nacht der Entscheidung

Le Livere de Reis de Engleterre

London's underground is facing huge challenges in the 21st century - how to upgrade life expired infrastructure and equipment, how to handle increasing passenger numbers, how to maintain accountability within the commercial environment, and how to operate with greater efficiency.

John Glover

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