RT Article
T1 The articulation of relgious identities and their boundaries in Ethiopia: labelling difference and processses of contextualization in Islam
JF Journal of religion in Africa
VO 35
IS 4
SP 482
OP 505
A1 Desplat, Patrick 1971-
LA English
PB Brill
YR 2005
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1641721804
AB 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, an urban community in Eastern Ethiopia where local saints constitute a key element of everyday religious life. Islamic reform movements have been able to enter Ethiopia since the downfall of the socialist regime in 1991 and have been provoking disputes concerning the 'true' Islam, focusing on saints and related 'un-Islamic' practices. The majority of the Harar community has rejected this essentializing tendency, partly because of the influence of a Harari scholar who presides over the Lebanese organization Hasbashiyya. However, the contemporary role of religious networks and the quest for authenticity must be embedded in both the historical and contemporary socio-political context. (J Relig Afr/DÜI)
K1 Islam
K1 Religionsausübung
K1 Soziokultureller Faktor
K1 Identität
K1 Äthiopien : Harar : Islam : Religiöse Praxis : Soziokulturelle Faktoren : Identität
K1 Äthiopien