Unveiling Sufism: From Manhattan to Mecca - Hardcover

Sharify-Funk, Meena; Dickson, William Rory

 
9781781792438: Unveiling Sufism: From Manhattan to Mecca
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1781792437 ISBN 13: 9781781792438
Verlag: Equinox Publishing Ltd, 2017

Inhaltsangabe

In contrast to most introductory texts on Sufism, this work begins not with the historical past, but with the contemporary present. Beginning with Sufism as it is lived today, each chapter further unveils the complexities of Sufism, journeying through a variety of historical, political, and cultural contexts, moving deeper into the past, and closer to the origin and heart of Sufism. This geneological framework will enable the reader to understand the patterns of connection between contemporary manifestations of Sufism and past realities.

To ensure that the full range of Sufism’s varied expressions is taken into account, each chapter is divided into four sections: Politics and Power, Philosophy and Metaphysics, Arts and Culture, and Overview of Historical Developments. Dividing chapters into these four broad categories enables the book to highlight some of the ways in which Sufism has influenced Muslim politics, philosophy, art, and culture in each historical period. In each category the relevant issues are illustrated through detailed case studies, whether of a particular Sufi figure, place, artistic expression, or philosophical view. This allows the reader to develop a genuinely three-dimensional appreciation of Sufism, neither reducing it to a private mystical experience divorced from social expression, nor limiting the tradition to historical names and dates.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

William Rory Dickson is an Assistant Professor for the Religion and Culture Department at the University of Winnipeg. Meena Sharify-Funk is an Associate Professor for the Religion and Culture Department at Wilfrid Laurier University.

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Verlag
Equinox Publishing Ltd
Erscheinungsdatum
2017
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1781792437
ISBN 13 
9781781792438
Einband
Tapa dura
Anzahl der Seiten
310
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