- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Maps and Illustrations
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- The Nubian Ethnological Survey
-
1 Nubian Resettlement and Anthropology -
2 Anthropological Encounters in Nubia -
3 After the Move - Introduction
- Ethnological Survey of Nubia
- Field Research in a Nubian Village
- The Kenuz
- Socioeconomic Implications of the Waterwheel in Adindan, Nubia
- The Influence of Space Relations on the Tribal Groupings of Korosko
- The Economic Basis of Egyptian Nubian Labor Migration
- Some Differential Factors Affecting Population Movement
- Gender Relations in Kenuz Public Domains
- The Village Community of al-Dirr, Nubia
- Change in Religion in a Resettled Nubian Community, Upper Egypt
- Problems of Nubian Migration
- Cross-Cultural Resettlement Administration
- Initial Adaptations to a New Life for Egyptian Nubians
- Community Health Aspects of Nubian Resettlement in Egypt
- Field Research and Training of Autochthonous People
- Nubian Culture and Ethnicity
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Appendix 1 List of Districts in Old Nubia -
Appendix 2 List of Interviews -
Appendix 3 Key Nubian Collaborators -
Appendix 4 PhDs Earned by Team Members - Bibliography
Change in Religion in a Resettled Nubian Community, Upper Egypt
Change in Religion in a Resettled Nubian Community, Upper Egypt
- Chapter:
- (p.209) Change in Religion in a Resettled Nubian Community, Upper Egypt
- Source:
- Nubian Encounters
- Author(s):
Nicholas S. Hopkins
Sohair R. Mehanna
- Publisher:
- American University in Cairo Press
This chapter analyzes the Kanuba material collected during a two-year period of resident fieldwork (1963–64). The main theoretical proposition of the study is that resettlement has resulted in more contact and communication of Nubians with non-Nubian communities, consequently modifying some aspects of the traditional Nubian way of life. Cultural changes do not occur in isolation; thus, the changing conditions of Kanuba have directly or indirectly affected the community's religious system. The discussion considers what happens to traditional religious beliefs and practices in a Muslim community undergoing change due to an accelerated trend of modernization brought about by resettlement. There is a trend toward Islamization: reinforcing the significance of the essentials of orthodox Islam for everyday village life despite the secular characteristics that have appeared in Nubian ceremonial activities.
Keywords: Islamic activities, orthodox rituals, ceremonial activities, Kanuba, resettlement
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- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Maps and Illustrations
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- The Nubian Ethnological Survey
-
1 Nubian Resettlement and Anthropology -
2 Anthropological Encounters in Nubia -
3 After the Move - Introduction
- Ethnological Survey of Nubia
- Field Research in a Nubian Village
- The Kenuz
- Socioeconomic Implications of the Waterwheel in Adindan, Nubia
- The Influence of Space Relations on the Tribal Groupings of Korosko
- The Economic Basis of Egyptian Nubian Labor Migration
- Some Differential Factors Affecting Population Movement
- Gender Relations in Kenuz Public Domains
- The Village Community of al-Dirr, Nubia
- Change in Religion in a Resettled Nubian Community, Upper Egypt
- Problems of Nubian Migration
- Cross-Cultural Resettlement Administration
- Initial Adaptations to a New Life for Egyptian Nubians
- Community Health Aspects of Nubian Resettlement in Egypt
- Field Research and Training of Autochthonous People
- Nubian Culture and Ethnicity
-
Appendix 1 List of Districts in Old Nubia -
Appendix 2 List of Interviews -
Appendix 3 Key Nubian Collaborators -
Appendix 4 PhDs Earned by Team Members - Bibliography
