Sufism in the West

With the increasing Muslim diaspora in post-modern Western societies, Sufism - intellectually as well as sociologically - may eventually become Islam itself due to its versatile potential. Although Sufism has always provoked considerable interest in the West, no volume has so far been written which...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Malik, Jamal (-)
Otros Autores: Malik, Jamal, editor (editor), Hinnells, John R., editor
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge 2006.
2017.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of contributors; Preface; Introduction; 1. Literary productions of Western Sufi movements; 2. Persian Sufism in the contemporary West: Reflections on the Ni'matu'llahi diaspora; 3. The evolution of the Naqshbandi-Mujaddidi: Sulaymancis in Germany; 4. Third-wave Sufism in America and the Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship; 5. Transnational Sufism: The Haqqaniyya; 6. Aspects of the Naqshbandi-Haqqani order in North America; 7. Seekers on the path: Different ways of being a Sufi in Britain
  • 8. Learning the lessons from the neo-revivalist and Wahhabi movements: The counterattack of new Sufi movements in the UK9. Popular Islam in northern Pakistan and its reconstruction in urban Britain; Glossary; Bibliography; Index