Cultural Fusion of Sufi Islam
Alternative Paths to Mystical Faith
It has been argued that the mystical Sufi form of Islam is the most sensitive to other cultures, being accommodative to other traditions and generally tolerant to peoples of other faiths. It readily becomes integrated into local cultures and they are similarly often infused into Sufism. Examples of this reciprocity are commonly reflected in Sufi poetry, music, hagiographic genres, memoires, and in the ritualistic practices of Sufi traditions. This volume shows how this often-side-lined tradition functions in the societies in which it is found, and demonstrates how it relates to mainstream Islam. The focus of this book ranges from reflecting S…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-429-87295-2
- EAN: 9780429872952
- Produktnummer: 32395210
- Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
- Seitenangabe: 270 S.
- Plattform: PDF
- Masse: 2'195 KB
- Auflage: 1. Auflage
- Abbildungen: 1 schwarz-weiße Tabellen
Über den Autor
Sarwar Alam is Visiting Assistant Professor at the King Fahd Center for Middle East Studies of the University of Arkansas, USA. He has published widely on the subject of Islam in various journals as well as edited volumes and two books, Sufism, Pluralism and Democracy (2017) coedited with Clinton Bennett and Perceptions of Self, Power, and Gender among Muslim Women (2018).
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