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Insights into Sufism : voices from the heart.

Sufism has long constituted one of the most powerful drawcards to people embracing Islam. This book considers a broad range of questions relating to Sufism, including its history, manifestations in various countries and communities, its expression in poetry, women and Sufism, and expressions among p...

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Cote:Libro Electrónico
Autres auteurs: Nicholls, Ruth J. (Éditeur intellectuel), Riddell, Peter G. (Éditeur intellectuel)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2020.
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Résumé:Sufism has long constituted one of the most powerful drawcards to people embracing Islam. This book considers a broad range of questions relating to Sufism, including its history, manifestations in various countries and communities, its expression in poetry, women and Sufism, and expressions among popular spirituality. In addition, the volume challenges the long-held view of Sufism as being necessarily peaceful, through a consideration in one paper of Sufis engaging in violent Jihad. The book works at the interface between the scholarly and the practical, using rigorous methodology to ensure t.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (vi, 211 pages)
ISBN:9781527557482
1527557480