Laura L. Cochrane is Professor of Anthropology at Central Michigan University, USA. She conducts ongoing research in Senegal concerning religious beliefs, visual arts, and environmental and economic concerns.

• 1. Introduction2. Sufism in Senegal3. Faith, Beliefs, and Agency4. Respect, Tolerance, and Political Contexts5. Everyday Prayer6. Work as a Practice of Faith7. Spiritual Guidance8. A Baay Fall Way of Life9. Total Commitment to Faith10. Everyday Mysticism

"In around 140 highly readable pages, the book’s ten chapters pack a wealth of ethnographic material, historical and cultural context, and conceptual discussion [....] The book’s treatment of lived spirituality provides a long-overdue counterbalance to the heavily political-economic emphasis in the anthropological literature on Islam. Additionally, its approachability and relevance make it an ideal text for undergraduate courses on the anthropology of religion"Review in American Anthropologist by Joseph Hill, University of Alberta, USA