Sufism in the West [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Jamal Malik & John Hinnells

• Pubblicazione: New York, : Routledge, 2006
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (225 p.)
• Disciplina: 297.4094
• Soggetto topico: Sufism - Europe; Sufism - North America
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: MalikJamal HinnellsJohn R
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 discusses this aspect of Islam in terms of how it is practised in Western societies. Bringing together leading international authorities to survey the history of Islamic mysticism in North America and Europe, this book elaborates the ideas and institutions which organize Sufism and folk-re
• Titolo autorizzato: Sufism in the West
• ISBN: 1-134-47982-4; 1-280-51823-5; 9786610518234; 0-203-08720-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910348221303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II