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Recognizing Sufism

Author : Arthur F. Buehler
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0857729810
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (577 download)

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Download or read book Recognizing Sufism written by Arthur F. Buehler and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2016-08-31 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sufism is all too often associated just with 'mysticism' in the West. The author of this new textbook, a former pupil of Annemarie Schimmel, suggests that conflating Sufism and mysticism is only partially valid. He shows that the vast majority of Sufi practice, both historically and in the contemporary world, has little or nothing to do with a esoteric transcendence but is rather focused on contemplative activity. Such practice might involve art, music, devotional shrine visitation - even politics and psychology. Placing Sufism in a wider Islamic contemplative context enables Arthur F Buehler to examine Sufi history, as well as current application, against a backdrop that is richer and more inclusive than that portrayed in many competing introductory surveys. Discussing the origins of Sufism; the development of Sufi lineages (via three founder figures); Sufi lodges and the role of Sufism in colonial resistance; Sufi poetry; Sufi shrines, and Sufism in the West, the author rescues his topic from the idea that it means only union with the divine. In this original new treatment, Sufism emerges as complex and multi-layered.

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Sufism

Author : Alexander Knysh
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 069119162X
Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (911 download)

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Download or read book Sufism written by Alexander Knysh and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2019-03-19 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A pathbreaking history of Sufism, from the earliest centuries of Islam to the present After centuries as the most important ascetic-mystical strand of Islam, Sufism saw a sharp decline in the twentieth century, only to experience a stunning revival in recent decades. In this comprehensive new history of Sufism from the earliest centuries of Islam to today, Alexander Knysh, a leading expert on the subject, reveals the tradition in all its richness. Knysh explores how Sufism has been viewed by both insiders and outsiders since its inception. He examines the key aspects of Sufism, from definitions and discourses to leadership, institutions, and practices. He devotes special attention to Sufi approaches to the Qur’an, drawing parallels with similar uses of scripture in Judaism and Christianity. He traces how Sufism grew from a set of simple moral-ethical precepts into a sophisticated tradition with professional Sufi masters (shaykhs) who became powerful players in Muslim public life but whose authority was challenged by those advocating the equality of all Muslims before God. Knysh also examines the roots of the ongoing conflict between the Sufis and their fundamentalist critics, the Salafis—a major fact of Muslim life today. Based on a wealth of primary and secondary sources, Sufism is an indispensable account of a vital aspect of Islam.

Producing Islam(s) in Canada

Author : Amélie Barras
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
ISBN 13 : 1487531338
Total Pages : 429 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (875 download)

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Download or read book Producing Islam(s) in Canada written by Amélie Barras and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2021-12-02 with total page 429 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the last twenty years, public interest in Islam and how Muslims express their religious identity in Western societies has grown exponentially. In parallel, the study of Islam in the Canadian academy has grown in a number of fields since the 1970s, reflecting a diverse range of scholarship, positionalities, and politics. Yet, academic research on Muslims in Canada has not been systematically assessed. In Producing Islam(s) in Canada, scholars from a wide range of disciplines come together to explore what is at stake regarding portrayals of Islam(s) and Muslims in academic scholarship. Given the centrality of representations of Canadian Muslims in current public policy and public imaginaries, which effects how all Canadians experience religious diversity, this analysis of knowledge production comes at a crucial time.

The Nature of Sufism

Author : Milad Milani
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429828586
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (298 download)

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Download or read book The Nature of Sufism written by Milad Milani and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-09-28 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores how Sufis approach their faith as Muslims, upholding an Islamic worldview, but going about making sense of their religion through the world in which they exist, often in unexpected ways. Using a phenomenological approach, the book examines Sufism as lived experience within the Muslim lifeworld, focusing on the Muslim experience of Islamic history. It draws on selected case studies ranging from classic Sufism to Sufism in the contemporary era mainly taken from biographical and hagiographical data, manuscript texts, and treatises. In this way, it provides a revisionist approach to theories and methods on Sufism, and, more broadly, the category of mysticism.

Sufism in Western Contexts

Author : Marcia K. Hermansen
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004392629
Total Pages : 423 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (43 download)

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Download or read book Sufism in Western Contexts written by Marcia K. Hermansen and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2023-07-03 with total page 423 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sufism in Western Contexts explores both historical trajectories and multiple contemporary manifestations of Islamic mystical movements, ideas, and practices in diverse European, North and South American countries, as well as in Australia – all traditionally non-Muslim regions of the “global West”. From early French and British colonial administrators who admired Persian poetry to nineteenth-century American transcendentalists, followed by South Asian and Middle Eastern immigrant Sufi guides and their movements, expansive and many-faceted expressions of Sufism such as its role in Western esotericism, female whirling dervishes and Rumi cafes, and new articulations in cyberspace, are traced and analyzed by international experts in the field.

Global Sufism

Author : Francesco Piraino
Publisher : Hurst & Company
ISBN 13 : 178738134X
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (873 download)

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Download or read book Global Sufism written by Francesco Piraino and published by Hurst & Company. This book was released on 2019 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sufism is a growing and global phenomenon, far from the declining relic it was once thought to be. This book brings together the work of fourteen leading experts to explore systematically the key themes of Sufism's new global presence, from Yemen to Senegal via Chicago and Sweden. The contributors look at the global spread and stance of such major actors as the Ba 'Alawiyya, the 'Afropolitan' Tijaniyya, and the Gülen Movement. They map global Sufi culture, from Rumi to rap, and ask how global Sufism accommodates different and contradictory gender practices. They examine the contested and shifting relationship between the Islamic and the universal: is Sufism the timeless and universal essence of all religions, the key to tolerance and co-existence between Muslims and non-Muslims? Or is it the purely Islamic heart of traditional and authentic practice and belief? Finally, the book turns to politics. States and political actors in the West and in the Muslim world are using the mantle and language of Sufism to promote their objectives, while Sufis are building alliances with them against common enemies. This raises the difficult question of whether Sufis are defending Islam against extremism, supporting despotism against democracy, or perhaps doing both.

Sufism For Beginners

Author : Nicky Huys
Publisher : Nicky Huys Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 83 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sufism For Beginners written by Nicky Huys and published by Nicky Huys Books. This book was released on 2024-06-15 with total page 83 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Sufism for Beginners" offers a profound exploration of the mystical tradition of Sufism, providing an insightful introduction to its teachings, practices, and philosophy. Delving into the rich tapestry of Sufi poetry, music, and meditation, this book offers a comprehensive understanding of Sufi mysticism, unveiling the path of spiritual enlightenment and inner transformation. Through captivating narratives and timeless wisdom, readers are invited to embark on a transformative journey, discovering the universal principles of love, unity, and transcendence that lie at the heart of Sufi spirituality. Whether you are new to Sufism or seeking a deeper understanding of its profound wisdom, "Sufism for Beginners" is an invaluable guide to the timeless teachings of this mystical tradition.

Sponsoring Sufism

Author : F. Muedini
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137521074
Total Pages : 219 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (375 download)

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Download or read book Sponsoring Sufism written by F. Muedini and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-07-15 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sponsoring Sufism argues that governments are sponsoring Sufism not only because they see it as an 'apolitical' movement that won't challenge their existing authority, but also that ties to Sufi orders gives them religious credibility, something they seek as they face the rise of Islamist parties.

Re-centering the Sufi Shrine

Author : Irfan Moeen Khan
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110781557
Total Pages : 464 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book Re-centering the Sufi Shrine written by Irfan Moeen Khan and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2023-01-30 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recentering the Sufi Shrine is a study of ritual, Sufi eschatology, and vernacular theopoetics of pilgrimage to Sufi shrines in the Indus region of Pakistan. The book examines the distinction between two different ritual contestations over pilgrimage to Sufi tombs: (1) an exposition of Ṭariqa-i Muhammadiyya’s millenarian Scripturalist reform of Sufism, and (2) Bulleh Shah’s (d. 1767) vernacular Sufism, a hard-hitting Sufi-poet of textual ("bookish") knowledge of religious scholars. This is the first work examining the legal theology of ritual intervention in using scripture to regulate the resurrected bodies of saints, on the one hand, and the ritual metaphysics of presence in understanding the significance and meaning of Sufi shrines, on the other.

Essential Sufism

Author : Robert Frager
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0062283464
Total Pages : 213 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (622 download)

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Download or read book Essential Sufism written by Robert Frager and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2013-02-26 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definitive compendium of Sufi wisdom, 'Essential Sufism' draws together more than three hundred fables, poems and prayers that reveal the luminous spirit of Islamic mysticism. Embracing all eras and highlighting the many faces of Sufism, this colle

Sufism

Author : Deepshikha Shahi
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1786613867
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (866 download)

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Download or read book Sufism written by Deepshikha Shahi and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2020-06-22 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In an effort to attain a ‘global’ character, the contemporary academic discipline of International Relations (IR) increasingly seeks to surpass its Eurocentric limits, thereby opening up pathways to incorporate non-Eurocentric worldviews. Lately, many of the non-Eurocentric worldviews have emerged which either engender a ‘derivative’ discourse of the same Eurocentric IR theories, or construct an ‘exceptionalist’ discourse which is particularly applicable to the narrow experiential realities of a native time-space zone: as such, they fall short of the ambition to produce a genuinely ‘non-derivative’ and ‘non-exceptionalist’ Global IR theory. Against this backdrop, Sufism: A Theoretical Intervention in Global International Relations performs a multidisciplinary research to explore how ‘Sufism’ – as an established non-Western philosophy with a remarkable temporal-spatial spread across the globe – facilitates a creative intervention in the theoretical understanding of Global IR.

Sufism for Non-Sufis?

Author : Sherman A. Jackson
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199873682
Total Pages : 166 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (998 download)

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Download or read book Sufism for Non-Sufis? written by Sherman A. Jackson and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2012-05-01 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sherman Jackson offers a translation and analysis of Ibn 'Ata' Allah al-Sakandari's Taj al-'Arus, a work on spiritual education steeped in the classical Sufi tradition, yet directed to those who have no affiliation with Sufism in any institutionalized form. Written in classical aphoristic style, the text is a treasure trove of spiritual wisdom and self-refinement, free of all of the usual barriers between Sufism and the common believer.

The Routledge Handbook of Islam and Gender

Author : Justine Howe
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351256556
Total Pages : 488 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (512 download)

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Download or read book The Routledge Handbook of Islam and Gender written by Justine Howe and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-11-09 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Given the intense political scrutiny of Islam and Muslims, which often centres on gendered concerns, The Routledge Handbook of Islam and Gender is an outstanding reference source to key topics, problems, and debates in this exciting subject. Comprising over 30 chapters by a team of international contributors the Handbook is divided into seven parts: Foundational texts in historical and contemporary contexts Sex, sexuality, and gender difference Gendered piety and authority Political and religious displacements Negotiating law, ethics, and normativity Vulnerability, care, and violence in Muslim families Representation, commodification, and popular culture These sections examine key debates and problems, including: feminist and queer approaches to the Qur’an, hadith, Islamic law, and ethics, Sufism, devotional practice, pilgrimage, charity, female religious authority, global politics of feminism, material and consumer culture, masculinity, fertility and the family, sexuality, sexual rights, domestic violence, marriage practices, and gendered representations of Muslims in film and media. The Routledge Handbook of Islam and Gender is essential reading for students and researchers in religious studies, Islamic studies, and gender studies. The Handbook will also be very useful for those in related fields, such as cultural studies, area studies, sociology, anthropology, and history.

Contemporary Sufism

Author : Meena Sharify-Funk
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134879997
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (348 download)

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Download or read book Contemporary Sufism written by Meena Sharify-Funk and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-12-22 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is Sufism? Contemporary views vary tremendously, even among Sufis themselves. Contemporary Sufism: Piety, Politics, and Popular Culture brings to light the religious frameworks that shape the views of Sufism’s friends, adversaries, admirers, and detractors and, in the process, helps readers better understand the diversity of contemporary Sufism, the pressures and cultural openings to which it responds, and the many divergent opinions about contemporary Sufism’s relationship to Islam. The three main themes: piety, politics, and popular culture are explored in relation to the Islamic and Western contexts that shape them, as well as to the historical conditions that frame contemporary debates. This book is split into three parts: • Sufism and anti-Sufism in contemporary contexts; • Contemporary Sufism in the West: Poetic influences and popular manifestations; • Gendering Sufism: Tradition and transformation. This book will fascinate anyone interested in the challenges of contemporary Sufism as well as its relationship to Islam, gender, and the West. It offers an ideal starting point from which undergraduate and postgraduate students, teachers and lecturers can explore Sufism today.

Revealed Sciences

Author : Justin K. Stearns
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1009038664
Total Pages : 331 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book Revealed Sciences written by Justin K. Stearns and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2021-07-08 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Demonstrating the vibrancy of an Early Modern Muslim society through a study of the natural sciences in seventeenth-century Morocco, Revealed Sciences examines how the natural sciences flourished during this period, without developing in a similar way to the natural sciences in Europe. Offering an innovative analysis of the relationship between religious thought and the natural sciences, Justin K. Stearns shows how nineteenth and twentieth-century European and Middle Eastern scholars jointly developed a narrative of the decline of post-formative Islamic thought, including the fate of the natural sciences in the Muslim world. Challenging these depictions of the natural sciences in the Muslim world, Stearns uses numerous close readings of works in the natural sciences to a detailed overview of the place of the natural sciences in scholarly and educational landscapes of the Early Modern Magreb, and considers non-teleological possibilities for understanding a persistent engagement with the natural sciences in Early Modern Morocco.

Revival from Below

Author : Brannon D. Ingram
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520970136
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (29 download)

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Download or read book Revival from Below written by Brannon D. Ingram and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2018-11-20 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Deoband movement—a revivalist movement within Sunni Islam that quickly spread from colonial India to Pakistan, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, and even the United Kingdom and South Africa—has been poorly understood and sometimes feared. Despite being one of the most influential Muslim revivalist movements of the last two centuries, Deoband’s connections to the Taliban have dominated the attention it has received from scholars and policy-makers alike. Revival from Below offers an important corrective, reorienting our understanding of Deoband around its global reach, which has profoundly shaped the movement’s history. In particular, the author tracks the origins of Deoband’s controversial critique of Sufism, how this critique travelled through Deobandi networks to South Africa, as well as the movement’s efforts to keep traditionally educated Islamic scholars (`ulama) at the center of Muslim public life. The result is a nuanced account of this global religious network that argues we cannot fully understand Deoband without understanding the complex modalities through which it spread beyond South Asia.