EIGHT Saints and Virtue in African Islam: An Historical Approach

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. CONTENTS VII
3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS IX
4. NOTE ON TRANSLITERATION XI
5. INTRODUCTION: SAINTS AND VIRTUES XIII
6. PART I Traditional Visions of Saintliness
7. ONE The Saint as Exemplar in Late Antiquity 3
8. TWO A Theater of Virtue: The Exemplary World of St. Francis of Assisi 15
9. THREE Prophet and Saint: The Two Exemplars of Islam 36
10. FOUR Morality Beyond Morality in the Lives of Three Hindu Saints 52
11. FIVE The Confucian Sage: Exemplar of Personal Knowledge 73
12. SIX Sainthood on the Periphery: The Case of Judaism 87
13. PART II Saints of the Modern World
14. SEVEN The Buddhist Arahant: Classical Paradigm and Modern Thai Manifestations 111
15. EIGHT Saints and Virtue in African Islam: An Historical Approach 127
16. NINE Alourdes: A Case Study of Moral Leadership in Haitian Vodou 144
17. TEN Sathya Sai Baba's Saintly Play 168
18. ELEVEN Saint Gandhi 187
19. CONCLUSION: AFTER SAINTHOOD? 205
20. BIBLIOGRAPHY 227
21. LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS 239
22. INDEX 241