LEADER 03586nam 22006011 450 001 9910156181203321 005 20190805122224.0 010 $a9780857729811 010 $a0857729810 010 $a9781350987739 010 $a1350987735 010 $a9780857727831 010 $a0857727834 024 7 $a10.5040/9781350987739 035 $a(CKB)3710000000985390 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4772379 035 $a(OCoLC)966641318 035 $a(UtOrBLW)bpp09263678 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6486549 035 $a(UtOrBLW)BP9781350987739BC 035 $a(Perlego)919351 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000985390 100 $a20190814d2016 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aRecognizing Sufism $econtemplation in the Islamic tradition /$fArthur F. Buehler 205 $aFirst edition. 210 1$aLondon :$cI.B. Tauris,$d2016. 215 $a1 online resource (256 pages) $cillustrations, portraits 300 $aCompliant with Level AA of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. Content is displayed as HTML full text which can easily be resized or read with assistive technology, with mark-up that allows screen readers and keyboard-only users to navigate easily. 311 08$a9781848857902 311 08$a184885790X 311 08$a9781848857896 311 08$a1848857896 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $gIntroduction:$tSufism, Sufis and Transformation.$tQur'an, Transformative Practices and the Discipline of Sufism: 700-1000 --$tInstitutionalization of Sufi Practice --$tSufi Shrines: Down-to-earth, Day-to-day, Devotional Sufism for the Masses -- Sufi Authority and Politics --$tThe Relationship between the Shaykh and the Seeker --$tSufi Varieties of Transformative Practice: Transformation of the Ego-Self --$tTwo Contemporary Women Sufi Teachers --$gAfterword:$tFuture Scenarios for Sufi Practice: Guesses for the Twenty-first Century. 330 $a"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."--Bloomsbury Publishing. 606 $aSufism$xHistory 606 $aSufism 606 $2Sufism & Islamic mysticism 615 0$aSufism$xHistory. 615 0$aSufism. 676 $a297.4 700 $aBuehler$b Arthur F.$0689677 801 0$bUtOrBLW 801 1$bUtOrBLW 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910156181203321 996 $aRecognizing sufism$92894576 997 $aUNINA