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South Asian sufis : devotion, deviation, and destiny /
Often described asthe soul of Islam, Sufism is one of the most interesting yet least known facetof this global religion. Sufism is the softer more inclusive and mystical formof Islam. Although militant Islamists dominate the headlines, the Sufi ideal hascaptured the imagination of many. Nowhere in t...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Continuum International Pub.,
2012.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- South Asian Sufis; continuity, complexity and change / Clinton Bennett
- Iran's role in stimulating South Asian Islam / Clinton Bennett
- A model of Sufi training in the 21st century: a case study of the Qaediriyya in Hyderabad / Mauro Valdinoci
- Understanding the philosophy of spirituality at shrines in Pakistan / Hafeez-ur-Rehman Chaudhry
- Spiritual power and "threshold" identities: the Mazars of Sayyid Pier Waris Shāh Abdul Laṭīf Bhitī / Uzma Rehman
- Du'a: popular culture and powerful blessing at the 'Urs / Pnina Werbner
- The Sufi centre of Jhok Sharif in Sindh (Pakistan): questioning the Ziyarat as a social process / Michel Boivin
- When Sufi tradition reinvents Islamic modernity
- the Minhāj-ul Qurʼān, a neo-Sufi order in Pakistan / Alix Philippon
- Making the case for sainthood in modern Bangladesh: narrative strategies and the presentation of holiness in the life of Zia ul-Haqq Maizbhandari / Sarwar Alam
- Ahmad Sirhindī: nationalist hero, good Sufi, or bad Sufi? / Arthur Buehler
- Encountering the unholy: the establishment of political parties by Sufi masters in modern Bangladesh / Sarwar Alam
- The transformation and development of South Asian Sufis in Britain / Ron Geaves
- Rishwaer: Kashmir, the garden of the saints / Charles M. Ramsey
- Bangladeshi Sufism; an interfaith bridge / Clinton Bennett
- A garden amidst the flames: the categorical imperative of Sufi wisdom / Hugh van Skyhawk
- South Asian Sufism in America / Marcia Hermansen
- Sufis and social activism: a Chīshtī response to communal strife in India today / Kelly Pemberton
- Conclusion: South Asian Sufis, devotion, deviation, and destiny / Charles M. Ramsey.