Sufism and Society
Arrangements of the Mystical in the Muslim World, 1200-1800
In recent years, many historians of Islamic mysticism have been grappling in sophisticated ways with the difficulties of essentialism. Reconceptualising the study of Islamic mysticism during an under-researched period of its history, this book examines the relationship between Sufism and society in the Muslim world, from the fall of the Abbasid caliphate to the heyday of the great Ottoman, Mughal and Safavid empires. Treating a heretofore under-researched period in the history of Sufism, this work establishes previously unimagined trajectories for the study of mystical movements as social actors of real historical consequence. Thematically or…
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Produktdetails
Weitere Autoren: Ohlander, Erik (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-1-136-65904-1
- EAN: 9781136659041
- Produktnummer: 13798734
- Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
- Seitenangabe: 296 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 2'021 KB
- Abbildungen: 9 schwarz-weiße Abbildungen, 9 schwarz-weiße Fotos
Über den Autor
John J. Curry is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, where he has taught courses in Islamic and world history since 2006. His most recent research has focused on Ottoman Sufi orders, and he has recently published The Transformation of Muslim Mystical Thought in the Ottoman Empire: The Rise of the Halveti Order, 1350-1650.Erik S. Ohlander is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Indiana University--Purdue University Fort Wayne. An historian of religion and specialist in Islamic studies, he has written widely in the areas of Islamic mysticism, Qur'anic studies, and Islamic intellectual history and religious movements.
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