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UCLA Journal of Religion Vol. 4

Published: July 15, 2020

UCLA Journal of Religion Vol. 04 (Complete) Click on the link above to download Volume 4 in its entirety, including a graphically designed cover, editor’s introduction, and hyperlinked table of contents. Joseph Abeles, God(s) in Control_ Rituals of War in Ancient Greece and Israel Abdus Najimi, Religion and Finance_ Usury in Judaism and Islam Saifeldeen…

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Appropriating Islamic Arts in Senegal: The Case of the Muridiyya

Published: March 23, 2018

  Fallou Ngom is Professor of Anthropology and Director of the African Studies Center at Boston University. His research interests include the interactions between African languages and non-African languages, the adaptations of Islam in sub-Saharan Africa, and Ajami literatures—records of African languages written in Arabic script. He seeks to understand the knowledge buried in African…

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