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Mystical Dimensions of Islam : Thirty-fifth Anniversary Edition.
As Carl Ernst makes clear in his new foreword to this thirty-fifth anniversary edition, Mystical Dimensions of Islam stands as a classic introduction to Sufism, the main form of Islamic mysticism, and one that will be hard to supersede. Its balanced historical treatment of the transnational phenomen...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chapel Hill :
The University of North Carolina Press,
2011.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | As Carl Ernst makes clear in his new foreword to this thirty-fifth anniversary edition, Mystical Dimensions of Islam stands as a classic introduction to Sufism, the main form of Islamic mysticism, and one that will be hard to supersede. Its balanced historical treatment of the transnational phenomenon of Sufism, from its beginnings through the nineteenth century, the author's sensitivity and deep understanding of the subject, and her erudite examination of Sufism as reflected in Islamic poetry in Arabic, Persian, Turkish, Sindhi, Panjabi, and Pashto add up to a virtuoso demonstration of how Su. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (320 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9780807869338 0807869333 |