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