John Hanson | Final Conference of the Gerda Henkel Foundation Special Programme “Islam, the Modern Nation State and Transnational Movements”
The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is a transnational missionary movement with origins in late 19th century British India and a global contemporary presence. In the 1920s, the Ahmadiyya established a mission in Ghana, then the British Gold Coast, opening English-language primary schools and medical facilities. The Ahmadiyya expanded rapidly, attracting tens of thousands of African members. Today, it has nearly one million members in Ghana. In his lecture, John Hanson (Indiana University, Bloomington) outlines the Ahmadi missionary activities in Ghana and its affiliation with local religious communities shaping the relations between modernity and Islam in the Ahmadiyya movement.
John Hanson’s research project “Transnational Islam and Civil Society in Ghana, West Africa: The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community” was funded by the Gerda Henkel Foundation as part of the special programme Islam.
John Hanson | Final Conference of the Gerda Henkel Foundation Special Programme “Islam, the Modern Nation State and Transnational Movements”
The Ahmadiyya in Ghana (West Africa): Local Initiatives in a Trans-National Muslim Movement
https://lisa.gerda-henkel-stiftung.de/islam_modern_nation_state_transnational_movements
“Islam, the Modern Nation State and Transnational Movements”
The Gerda Henkel Foundation Special Programme “Islam, the Modern Nation State and Transnational Movements” takes a look at the dynamics between Islamic teachings, islamism, nationalism and transnational orientations and environments. Scientific discussion of the countries and regions of the Islamic world should bring together expertise possessing regional and thematic focus in order to allow the problems associated with areas of conflict to be expounded upon, particularly with regard to global influences and processes of cultural exchange.
From 2009 to 2018, the Foundation supported a total of 63 research projects within the special programme for Islam and committed financial resources of around 4.25 million Euros to it. Funding was provided in the form of grants for the implementation of collaborative projects, grants to cover travel expenses and material costs, financing for the organization of academic conferences, and the award of research and doctoral fellowships. A total of 102 people were supported, of whom 64 mostly young researchers received doctoral or research grants. A particularly gratifying aspect was the international character of the programme: Support was provided to researchers from 22 different nations who were employed at institutions in 18 different countries.
The final documentation of the special programme can be read here.
Categories: Africa, Ahmadis, Ahmadiyyat: True Islam, Ghana, North Africa
seen that, been there … and the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat has grown and grown since I left… in 1972,,,