SOAS Research Online

Brenner, Louis (2024) Histories of Religious Thought and Practice in Africa: Thematic Perspectives. Woodbridge: James Currey. (Religion in Transforming Africa, no.16) (Forthcoming)

Brenner, Louis (2022) 'Reflections of a West African Diviner: 'If we knew the reality of things, we would be the masters of our own lives'.' In: Rettová, Alena, Lanfranchi, Benedetta and Pahl, Miriam, (eds.), Critical Conversations in African Philosophy: Asixoxe - Let's Talk. London: Routledge. (Routledge Studies in African Philosophy)

Brenner, Louis (2010) 'A Living Library: Amadou Hampâté Bâ and the Oral Transmission of Islamic Religious Knowledge.' Islamic Africa, 1 (2). pp. 176-215.

Brenner, Louis (2008) 'Introduction.' In: Bâ, Amadou Hampaté, (ed.), A spirit of tolerance : the inspiring life of Tierno Bokar. Bloomington, IN: World Wisdom, xv-xxvii. (Library of perennial philosophy)

Brenner, Louis (2008) 'Introduction: Fulfulde religious verse: cultural context and mystical inspiration.' In: Seydou, Christiane, (ed.), La Poésie mystique peule du Mali. Paris: Karthala, pp. 11-35. (Tradition orale (Editions Karthala))

Brenner, Louis (2007) 'Introduction.' In: Hamès, Constant, (ed.), Coran et talismans: Textes et pratiques magiques en milieu musulman. Paris: Karthala, pp. 7-15. (Hommes et sociétés)

Brenner, Louis (2007) 'The Transformation of Muslim Schooling in Mali: The Madrasa as an Institution of Social and Religious Mediation.' In: Hefner, Robert W. and Zaman, Muhammad Qasim, (eds.), Schooling Islam: The Culture and Politics of Modern Muslim Education. Princeton: Princeton University Press, pp. 199-223. (Princeton studies in Muslim politics)

Brenner, Louis (2005) 'Reading Mudimbe as a Historian.' Journal of African Cultural Studies, 17 (1). pp. 67-80.

Brenner, Louis (2000) 'Histories of Religion in Africa.' Journal of Religion in Africa, 30 (2). pp. 143-167.

Brenner, Louis (2000) 'Amadou Hampâté Bâ, Tijani francophone.' In: Triaud, Jean-Louis and Robinson, David, (eds.), La Tijâniyya: Une confrérie musulmane à la conquête de l’Afrique. Paris: Karthala, pp. 289-326. (Hommes et sociétés)

Brenner, Louis (2000) Controlling Knowledge: Religion, Power and Schooling in a West African Muslim Society. London ; Bloomington: C. Hurst & Co ; Indiana University Press.

Brenner, Louis (2000) 'Muslim Divination and the History of Religion in Sub-Saharan Africa.' In: Pemberton, J., (ed.), Insight and Artistry in African Divination. Washington: Smithsonian Institute Press, pp. 45-59.

Brenner, Louis (2000) 'Sufism in Africa.' In: Olupona, Jacob K., (ed.), African spirituality: forms, meanings, and expressions. New York: The Crossroad Publishing Co., pp. 324-349. (World spirituality, v. 3)

Brenner, Louis and Peirce, Jason R. (1999) 'Africa.' In: Smart, Ninian, (ed.), Atlas of the World’s Religions. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 196-213.

Brenner, Louis (1997) 'Becoming Muslim in Soudan Français.' In: Robinson, David and Triaud, Jean-Louis, (eds.), Le Temps des marabouts: Itinéraires et stratégies islamiques en Afrique Occidentale Française, ca. 1880-1960. Paris: Karthala, pp. 467-492. (Hommes et sociétés)

Brenner, Louis (1994) 'Tea, Music and Politics: images of youth in Mali.' Anthropology in Action, 1 (1). pp. 20-22.

Brenner, Louis (1994) 'Muslim Ideologies in Precolonial West Africa.' In: Lucus, Marieke, Tijmes, Aleid and Weerdenburg, Jan, (eds.), Afrika, een sprekend verleden. Utrecht: Universiteit Utrecht, pp. 51-69. (Studium Generale reeks, 9407)

Brenner, Louis (1993) 'Constructing Muslim Identities in Mali.' In: Brenner, Louis, (ed.), Muslim Identity and Social Change in Sub-Saharan Africa. London ; Bloomington: C. Hurst & Co ; Indiana University Press, pp. 59-78.

Brenner, Louis (1993) 'Introduction: Muslim Representations of Unity and Difference in the African Discourse.' In: Brenner, Louis, (ed.), Muslim Identity and Social Change in Sub-Saharan Africa. London ; Bloomington: C. Hurst & Co ; Indiana University Press, pp. 1-20.

Brenner, Louis (1993) 'La culture arabo-islamique au Mali.' In: Otayek, René, (ed.), Le Radicalisme islamique en Afrique subsaharienne: Da‘wa, arabisation et critique de l'Occident. Paris: Editions Karthala, pp. 161-195. (Hommes et sociétés)

Brenner, Louis, ed. (1993) Muslim Identity and Social Change in Sub-Saharan Africa. London ; Bloomington: C. Hurst & Co ; Indiana University Press.

Brenner, Louis (1993) 'Representations of Power and Powerlessness in West African Islam.' In: Chrétien, Jean-Pierre, (ed.), L'invention religieuse en Afrique: Histoire et religion en Afrique noire. Paris: Karthala, pp. 213-234. (Hommes et sociétés)

Brenner, Louis (1993) 'Two Paradigms of Islamic Schooling in West Africa.' In: Elboudrari, Hassan, (ed.), Modes de transmission de la culture religieuse en Islam. Cairo: Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale, pp. 159-180.

Brenner, Louis (1992) 'The Jihad Debate between Sokoto and Borno: an Historical Analysis of Islamic Political Discourse in Nigeria.' In: Peel, J.D.Y. and Ajayi, J. F. Ade, (eds.), People and Empires in African History: Essays in Memory of Michael Crowder. London: Longmans, pp. 21-43.

Brenner, Louis (1992) 'Mai Bornu sanat 1808: Muslim am Murtadd? (The Mai of Borno in 1808: Muslim or apostate?).' Abḥāt̲ : Majallat al- 'ulūm al- ijtimā 'iyah, 28/29. pp. 43-56.

Brenner, Louis (1991) 'Introduction: Essai socio-historique sur l'enseignement islamique au Mali.' In: Sanankoua, Bintou and Brenner, Louis, (eds.), L'enseignement islamique au Mali. Bamako: Editions Jamana, pp. 1-23.

Sanankoua, Bintou and Brenner, Louis, eds. (1991) L'enseignement islamique au Mali. Bamako: Editions Jamana.

Brenner, Louis (1991) 'Médersas au Mali: transformation d'une institution islamique.' In: Sanankoua, Bintou and Brenner, Louis, (eds.), L'enseignement islamique au Mali. Bamako: Editions Jamana, pp. 63-85.

Brenner, Louis (1989) ''Religious' Discourses in and about Africa.' In: Barber, Karin and Farias de Moraes, P. F., (eds.), Discourse and its Disguises: The Interpretation of African Oral Texts. Birmingham: Centre of West African Studies, University of Birmingham, pp. 87-105. (Birmingham University African studies series, 1, no. 1)

Brenner, Louis (1988) 'Concepts of Tariqa in West Africa: the Case of the Qadiriyya.' In: Cruise O'Brien, Donal and Coulon, Christian, (eds.), Charisma and Brotherhood in African Islam. Oxford: Clarendon Press, pp. 33-52. (Oxford studies in African affairs)

Brenner, Louis (1988) 'Sufism in Africa in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries.' Islam et Sociétés au Sud du Sahara, 2. pp. 80-92.

Brenner, Louis (1987) 'Borno in the Nineteenth Century.' In: Ajayi, J. F. Ade and Crowder, Michael, (eds.), History of West Africa. London: Longmans.

Brenner, Louis (1987) 'Muslim Thought in Eighteenth Century West Africa: the Case of Shaikh ‘Uthman b. Fudi.' In: Levtzion, Nehemia and Voll, John Obert, (eds.), Eighteenth Century Renewal and Reform in Islam. Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, pp. 39-67.

Brenner, Louis (1987) 'Une orientation bibliographique sur l'Islam en Afrique.' Islam et Sociétés au Sud du Sahara, 1. pp. 123-143.

Brenner, Louis (1986) 'Al-Hajj Sa‘ad ‘Umar Touré and Islamic Educational Reform in Mali.' In: Breitinger, E. and Sander, R., (eds.), Language and Education in Africa. Bayreuth: Bayreuth University, pp. 5-23. (Bayreuth African studies series, 5)

Brenner, Louis and Last, Murray (1985) 'The Role of Language in West African Islam.' Africa: Journal of the International African Institute, 55 (4). pp. 432-446.

Brenner, Louis (1985) 'The Esoteric Sciences in West African Islam.' In: Du Toit, Brian M. and Abdalla, Ismail Hussein, (eds.), African Healing Strategies. Buffalo, NY: Trado-Medic Books, pp. 20-28.

Ghali, Noureddine, Mahibou, Sidi Mohamed and Brenner, Louis (1985) Inventaire de la Bibliothèque ʻUmarienne de Ségou : conservée à la Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris. Paris: Editions du CNRS. (Fontes historiae Africanae / Subsidia bibliographica, 2)

Brenner, Louis (1985) Réflexions sur le savoir islamique en Afrique de l'Ouest. Bordeaux: Centre d'Etude d'Afrique Noire, Université de Bordeaux I. (Travaux multigraphiés / Centre d'étude d'Afrique noire, 18)

Brenner, Louis (1985) 'Three Fulbe Scholars in Borno.' Maghreb review: A bi-monthly journal on north Africa, 10 (4/6). pp. 107-117.

Brenner, Louis (1984) West African Sufi: the Religious Heritage and Spiritual Search of Cerno Bokar Saalif Taal. London ; Berkeley: C. Hurst & Co ; University of California Press.

Brenner, Louis and Robinson, David (1980) 'Project for the conservation of Malian Arabic Manuscripts.' History in Africa, 7. pp. 329-332.

Brenner, Louis (1979) 'Religion and Politics in Bornu: the Case of Muhammad al-Amin al-Kanemi.' In: Willis, J. R., (ed.), Studies in West African Islamic History. Vol. I, The Cultivators of Islam. London: Frank Cass, pp. 160-176. (Routledge Library Editions: International Islam)

Brenner, Louis (1976) 'The Sufi Teaching of Tierno Bokar Salif Tall.' Journal of Religion in Africa, 8 (3). pp. 208-266.

Brenner, Louis (1974) 'Legitimizing Political Behavior in Bornu.' Journal of the Historical Society of Nigeria, 7 (2). pp. 199-209.

Brenner, Louis and Cohen, Ronald (1974) 'Bornu in the Nineteenth Century.' In: Ajayi, J. F. Ade and Crowder, Michael, (eds.), History of West Africa, Vol. II. London: Longmans, pp. 93-128.

Brenner, Louis (1973) 'Sources of Constitutional Thought in Bornu.' Journal of the Historical Society of Nigeria, 7 (1). pp. 49-65.

Brenner, Louis (1973) 'The Maintenance and Transmission of Islamic Culture in Tropical Africa.' African Religious Research, 3 (2). pp. 4-12.

Brenner, Louis (1973) The Shehus of Kukawa: a History of the al-Kanemi Dynasty of Bornu. Oxford: Clarendon Press. (Oxford studies in African affairs)

Brenner, Louis (1972) 'Separate Realities: a Review of Literature on Sufism.' International Journal of African Historical Studies, 5 (4). pp. 637-658.

Brenner, Louis (1971) 'The North African Trading Community in the Nineteenth Century Central Sudan.' In: McCall, Daniel F. and Bennett, Norman R., (eds.), Aspects of West African Islam. Boston: Boston University, African Studies Center, pp. 137-150. (Boston University papers on Africa, v. 5)

Brenner, Louis (1970) 'Oral History in Northern Nigeria.' Oral History Association Newsletter, 4 (1).