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Record Nr.

UNINA9910815014403321

Autore

Trimingham J. Spencer (John Spencer), <1904->

Titolo

The Sufi orders in Islam / / J. Spencer Trimingham ; with a new introduction by John O. Voll

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, c1998

ISBN

0-19-774133-9

1-280-52988-1

0-19-802823-7

1-4294-0454-X

Edizione

[Second edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xx, 333 pages)

Collana

Oxford scholarship online.

Disciplina

297.4/8/09

Soggetti

Sufism

Mysticism - Islam

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally published: Oxford : Clarendon, 1971.

Bibliography: p282-299. - Includes index.

Previously issued in print: 1998.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; FOREWORD; PREFACE; ABBREVIATIONS; I. The Formation of Schools of Mysticism; II. The Chief Tarīqa Lines; III. The Formation of Tā'ifas; IV. Nineteenth-Century Revival Movements; V. The Mysticism and Theosophy of the Orders; VI. The Organization of the Orders; VII. Ritual and Ceremonial; VIII. Role of the Orders in the Life of Islamic Society; IX. The Orders in the Contemporary Islamic World; APPENDICES; A. Relating to Early Silsilas; B. Sufīs, Malāmatīs, and Qalandarīs; C. Suhrawardī Silsilas; D. Qādirī Groups; E. Independent Orders of the Badawiyya and Burhāniyya

F. Shādhilī Groups in the Maghrib deriving from al-JazulīG. Madyanī and Shādhilā Groups in Egypt and Syria; H. Rifā'ī Tā'ifas in the Arab World; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEXES; Glossary of Arabic Terms; General Index

Sommario/riassunto

This text offers a detailed account of the formation and development of the Sufi schools and orders (tariqahs) from the second century of Islam up until modern times.