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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783968203321

Titolo

Sufism in Europe and North America / / edited by David Westerlund

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : RoutledgeCurzon, , 2004

ISBN

1-134-34205-5

0-415-75875-0

1-134-34206-3

1-280-07813-8

0-203-34624-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (183 p.)

Classificazione

11.83

Altri autori (Persone)

WesterlundDavid

Disciplina

297.4/09182/1

Soggetti

Sufism - Europe

Sufism - North America

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 157-161) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction : inculturating and transcending Islam / David Westerlund -- The contextualisation of Sufism in Europe / David Westerlund -- What's American about American Sufi movements? / Marcia Hermansen -- Sufism in Russia : nostalgia for revelation / Ravil Bukharaev -- Sufism bridging East and West : the case of the Bektashis / Thomas McElwain -- Sufi charisma on Internet / Garbi Schmidt -- Sufism for Westerners / Olav Hammer -- From Celts to Kaaba : sufism in Glastonbury / Ian K.B. Draper -- Selected bibliography / Ingvar Svanberg.

Sommario/riassunto

Today there is a substantial and rapidly growing Muslim population in Europe and North America. Here, as elsewhere, many of the Muslims are Sufis. This book focuses mainly on issues of inculturation or contextualization of Sufism in the West. It shows that, while more traditional forms of Sufism exist, many radical changes have taken place in this part of the world. For instance, in some groups there are female sheikhs and a far-reaching pluralistic attitude to other religions. Hence Sufism is sometimes seen as something that transcends the boundaries of Islam.