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A Sufi Matriarch

Author : Kevin R. D. Shepherd
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book A Sufi Matriarch written by Kevin R. D. Shepherd and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A biography using the early version of Dr. Ghani as a framework. The author has often said that the brevity of this work was obligatory in view of the scarcity of reliable data. An Afghan Pathan by blood, Hazrat Babajan (d. 1931) was an unorthodox Sufi who lived under a tree at Poona, India, in the days of the British Raj. Some have viewed her as a second Rabia. Her case history is a significant addition to the meagre data on female Sufis. She gained an inter-religious following, reflecting her tolerant attitude. She was reputed to be over a century old at her death. This monograph is annotated, with reference to the work of scholars like Schimmel, and has an introduction defending aspects of traditional mystical psychology.

Sufi Women of South Asia

Author : Tahera Aftab
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004467181
Total Pages : 619 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (44 download)

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Download or read book Sufi Women of South Asia written by Tahera Aftab and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2022-05-16 with total page 619 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Sufi Women of South Asia. Veiled Friends of God, Tahera Aftab, drawing upon various sources, offers the first unique and comprehensive account of South Asian Sufi women, from the eleventh to the twentieth century.

Sufi Women and Mystics

Author : Minlib Dallh
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000958027
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book Sufi Women and Mystics written by Minlib Dallh and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-11-07 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book focuses on women’s important contribution to Sufism by analysing the lives and seminal contributions of six mystic Sufi women to Islamic spirituality. To help reverse the sidelining of Sufi women in the recorded academic literature, the author has selected a representative sample of figures from diverse Islamic dynasties with varying backgrounds, social status, and devotional contributions. Taking a historical approach attentive to specific political contexts, readers will be introduced to the contributions of Umm Ali al-Balkhi and Fātima of Nishāpūr in the ninth-century Khurāsān, Aisha al-Mannūbiyya of the Hafsid dynasty in Afriqya, Aisha al-Bā‘únīyya of the Mamlūk dynasties of Egypt and Syria, the Mughal princess Jahan Ara Begum, and the daughter of the Caliph of Sokoto, Nana Asma’u. It is argued that these ascetic and Sufi women were recognized by their male and female peers, became political leaders in their communities, and were honored as examples of sanctity and erudition. Their works influenced mystical discourse, hagiographical writings, religious language and models of religious authority to secure legacies of Islamic orthopraxis. The book will appeal to anyone interested in Sufism and Sufi history, as well as to those wishing to delve into the understudied topic of Muslim women’s spirituality.

Sufi Women

Author : Javād Nūrbakhsh
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 201 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (842 download)

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Download or read book Sufi Women written by Javād Nūrbakhsh and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Sufi Women of America

Author : Laleh Bakhtiar
Publisher : Kazi Publications
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Sufi Women of America written by Laleh Bakhtiar and published by Kazi Publications. This book was released on 1996 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Women of Sufism

Author : Camille Adams Helminski
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
ISBN 13 : 0834828308
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (348 download)

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Download or read book Women of Sufism written by Camille Adams Helminski and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2003-02-25 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of Sufi poetry and songs is “an inspiring source to deepen our knowledge of Sufism by the examples and teachings of . . . beautiful and wise Sufi women” (Sufism) The luminous presence of women who follow the Sufi Way—the mystical path of Islam—is brought to life here through their sacred songs and poetry, their dreams and visions, and stories of their efforts as they witness the Truth in many realms. These writings reflect the honor and respect for the feminine in the Sufi worldview, and they are shared in the spirit of inspiration and hope for the flourishing contributions of women to the spiritual development of humanity. Spanning the centuries, from the time of the Prophet Muhammad to the present day, the selections are by or about an array of Sufi traditions in different parts of the world, from Asia, Africa, and the Middle East to Europe and America—from beloved members of the Prophet’s family to the mystic Rabi’a al-Adawiyya to the modern scholar Annemarie Schimmel. Biographical anecdotes and personal memoirs provide a glimpse into the experience of great saints and contemporary practitioners alike, while providing an introduction to the principles and practices of Sufism.

Women of Sufism

Author : Camille Adams Helminski
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
ISBN 13 : 1570629676
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (76 download)

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Inscribing South Asian Muslim Women

Author : Tahera Aftab
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004158499
Total Pages : 657 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (41 download)

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Book Synopsis Inscribing South Asian Muslim Women by : Tahera Aftab

Download or read book Inscribing South Asian Muslim Women written by Tahera Aftab and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2008 with total page 657 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers an annotated source for the study of the public and private lives of South Asian Muslim women.

The Book and the Roses

Author : Catharina Raudvere
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Book and the Roses written by Catharina Raudvere and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Book and the Roses presents a study of how Sufi women in contemporary Istanbul practice the repetitive zikir prayer and how they seek legitimacy for their activities. The study is based on fieldwork in the 1990s and is focused on one of the many small groups that lately have seen the light of day within the Turkish Muslim movement.

Sufi Women, Embodiment, and the ‘Self’

Author : Jamila Rodrigues
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000833410
Total Pages : 145 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book Sufi Women, Embodiment, and the ‘Self’ written by Jamila Rodrigues and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-12-30 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is an ethnographic case study of Sufi ritual practice and embodied experience amongst female members of the Naqshbandi community. Drawing on fieldwork in Cape Town, South Africa, and Lefke, Cyprus (2013/2014), the author examines women’s experiences within a particular performance of Sufi tradition. The focus is on the ritual named hadra, involving the recital of sacred texts, music, and body movement, where the goal is for the individual to reach a state of intimacy with God. The volume considers Sufi practice as a form of embodied cultural behavior, religious identity, and selfhood construction. It explains how Muslim women’s participation in hadra ritual life reflects religious and cultural ideas about the body, the body’s movement, and embodied selfhood expression within the ritual experience. Sufi Women, Ritual Embodiment and the ‘Self’ engages with studies in Sufism, symbolic anthropology, ethnography, dance, and somatic studies. Contributing to discussions of religion, gender, and the body, the book will be of interest to scholars from anthropology, sociology, religious ritual studies, Sufism and gender studies, and performance studies.

Women in Sufism

Author : Marta Dominguez Diaz
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317806581
Total Pages : 205 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (178 download)

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Download or read book Women in Sufism written by Marta Dominguez Diaz and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-10-24 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exploring the diverse myriad of female religious identities that exist within the various branches of the Moroccan Sufi Order, Qādiriyya Būdshīshiyya, today, this book evidences a wide array of religious identities, from those more typical of Berber culture, to those characterised by a ‘sober’ approach to Sufism, as well as those that denote New Age eclecticism. The book researches the ways in which religious discourses are corporeally endorsed. After providing an overview of the Order historically and today, enunciating the processes by which this local tarīqa from North-eastern Morocco has become the international organization that it is now, the book explores the religious body in movement, in performance, and in relation to the social order. It analyses pilgrimage by assessing the annual visit that followers of Hamza Būdshīsh make to the central lodge of the Order in Madāgh; it explores bodily religious enactments in ritual performance, by discussing the central practices of Sufi ritual as manifested in the Būdshīshiyya, and delves attention into diverse understandings of faith healing and health issues. Women and Sufism provides a detailed insight into religious healing, sufi rituals and sufi pilgrimage, and is essential reading for those seeking to understand Islam in Morocco, or those with an interest in Anthropology and Middle East studies more generally.

Hazrat Babajan

Author : Kevin R. D. Shepherd
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9788120786981
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (869 download)

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Download or read book Hazrat Babajan written by Kevin R. D. Shepherd and published by . This book was released on 2013-12-01 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The only detailed and annotated work on the subject, superseding the author's early book A Sufi Matriarch (1986). The substance and significance of Babajan's life are recounted and assessed here. Her Sufi orientation is evident, though she was independent of the Sufi orders. The nature of this independence is investigated in a chapter on the distinctive and radical qalandar tradition. The author also addresses the topic of Sufi women over the centuries, a largely uncharted subject, which has evocative historical

Rabi'a The Mystic and her Fellow-Saints in Islam

Author : Margaret Smith
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521267793
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (677 download)

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Download or read book Rabi'a The Mystic and her Fellow-Saints in Islam written by Margaret Smith and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1984-10-04 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For centuries there has been fascination, within and beyond the Islamic world, with the mystical teachings of Sufism, and with the role of the Islamic 'saints' whose life and work were important to Islamic theology. Margaret Smith's classic work, Rabi'a the Mystic, describes the teaching, life and times of one of the great women of the Islamic tradition, Rabi'a of Basra. This study has never been bettered. It is now reissued unchanged, but with a new introduction by Professor Annemarie Schimmel. This emphasises the importance of the book - and of Rabi'a herself - and questions of major importance today: the nature of mystical belief and experience, the Sufi tradition, and the role of women in the Islamic world.

African Possibilities

Author : Ifi Amadiume
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1350333816
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (53 download)

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Download or read book African Possibilities written by Ifi Amadiume and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2024-02-22 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this latest book by the award-winning author of the hugely influential Male Daughters, Female Husbands, Ifi Amadiume propels gender relations beyond dichotomies and discriminations, and towards a power-sharing argument in discourse, contestation and resistance. Representing the culmination of over 40 years of ground-breaking work on notions of matriarchy at the intersection of the Igbo-African universe and the Western capitalist reality, Amadiume sets forth a blueprint for a bold new matriarchitarianism, critiquing all forms of social injustice with a shared matriarchal-relational humanism. In each chapter of the book, Amadiume applies these principles to a dazzling array of subjects: from religious leadership, kinship and family relations, to sexuality, creative writing and matters of conscience in race, class and gender. African Possibilities explodes our notions of matriarchy into original and compelling arguments, and offers a radical alternative approach to the world's entrenched injustices.

Women Called to the Path of Rumi

Author : Abū Saʻīd ibn Abī al-Khayr
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Women Called to the Path of Rumi written by Abū Saʻīd ibn Abī al-Khayr and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "These poems deal with longing for union with God, the desire to know the Real from the false, the inexpressible beauty of creation when seen through the eyes of Love, and the many attitudes of heart, mind and feeling necessary to those who would find the Beloved, The Friend, in this life."--BOOK JACKET.

Beyond the Arab Disease

Author : Riad Nourallah
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134204930
Total Pages : 161 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (342 download)

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Download or read book Beyond the Arab Disease written by Riad Nourallah and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2006-07-13 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presenting bold and original insights, this book examines the policies and diplomacies pursued by Arab and Western governments, while discussing both the political and cultural roles played by the modern Arab World. It explores the various facets of the malaise affecting the Arab world, stressing the urgent call for reform and recovery, as well as the need to address major issues including inter-Arab affairs, relations with a hegemonic USA, and peace with Israel. In addition, the book provides new perspectives on a range of topics including Arab and Muslim diplomacy, literature, and culture; often as these interact with Western models and paradigms in an increasingly interconnected but challenging world. Employing a combination of disciplines and discourses, the book aids learners and policy-makers in better understanding the Arab world’s successes and failures in its problematic relations with the West and modernity.

Images of Women in Maharashtrian Society

Author : Anne Feldhaus
Publisher : State University of New York Press
ISBN 13 : 1438402503
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (384 download)

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Download or read book Images of Women in Maharashtrian Society written by Anne Feldhaus and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 1998-01-29 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume, a companion to Images of Women in Maharashtrian Literature and Religion (SUNY Press, 1996), approaches more closely the realities of women's lives. Using historical documents from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, and photographs, interviews, and conversations from the twentieth, the book constructs images of the conditions of women's lives in the modern state and traditional region of Maharashtra over the past three hundred years. The authors search for the ideas, understandings, and judgments that have shaped those conditions, for the conscious and unconscious images that have made women's lives what they have been. The contributors examine ways femininity and the power, status, and potential of women have been viewed; actual women emphasizing ideas about women. Understanding ideas of this kind is a necessary first step toward understanding, and perhaps eventually affecting, the actualities of women's lives. This book is divided into three parts. Part I is based on documentary sources from the eighteenth century. Part II explores the subjects and terms of the conservatism versus reform debate in Maharashtra, and thus complements recent studies on images of women in Bengal and other parts of North India during the colonial period. Part III, which presents contemporary images of women in Maharashtra, includes an examination of village women's work, a photo essay, an oral life history, and a bibliographical essay.