Sufism : A New History of Islamic Mysticism /
A pathbreaking history of Sufism, from the earliest centuries of Islam to the present. After centuries as the most important ascetic-mystical strand of Islam, Sufism saw a sharp decline in the twentieth century, only to experience a stunning revival in recent decades. In this comprehensive new histo...
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford :
Princeton University Press,
2017.
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Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- How and why Sufism came to be
- What's in a name? How definitions of Sufism have become a site of polemical partis-pris
- Discourses
- Sufism in comparison : the common ferment of Hellenism
- Practices, ethos, communities, and leaders
- Sufism's recent trajectories : what lies behind Sufi-Salafi confrontation?