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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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Knysh, Alexander D. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Princeton University Press, 2017.
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?