The Cambridge Companion to Sufism (Cambridge Companions to Religion)
Cambridge University Press, 8/12/2014
EAN 9781107679504, ISBN10: 1107679508
Paperback, 330 pages, 22.8 x 15.2 x 1.9 cm
Language: English
Sufism, the mystical or aesthetic doctrine in Islam, has occupied a very specific place in the Islamic tradition, with its own history, literature and devotional practices. Its development began in the seventh century and spread throughout the Islamic world. The Cambridge Companion to Sufism traces its evolution from the formative period to the present, addressing specific themes along the way within the context of the times. In a section discussing the early period, the devotional practices of the earliest Sufis are considered. The section on the medieval period, when Sufism was at its height, examines Sufi doctrines, different forms of mysticism and the antinomian expressions of Sufism. The section on the modern period explains the controversies that surrounded Sufism, the changes that took place in the colonial period and how Sufism transformed into a transnational movement in the twentieth century. This inimitable volume sheds light on a multifaceted and alternative aspect of Islamic history and religion.
Part I. The Early Period
1. Origins and early Sufism C. Melchert
2. Pious Sufi women L. Silvers
3. Sufi rituals E. Ohlander
4. Morality in early Sufi literature S. Yazaki
Part II. Medieval Sufism
5. Sufism and mysticism L. Ridgeon
6. Sufism's religion of love, from RÄÂbi'a to Ibn 'ArabÄ« L. Lewisohn
7. Antinomian Sufism A. Karamustafa
Part III. Sufism in the Modern Age
8. Nana Asma'u
nineteenth-century West African Sufi B. B. Mack
9. Sufism and colonialism V. Knut
9. Nana Asma'u
nineteenth-century West African Sufi B. B. Mack
10. Sufism in the West R. Geaves
11. Sufism in the age of globalisation I. Weismann
12. Transnationalism and regional cults P. Werbner.