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Author:   Meena Sharify-Funk ,  William Dickson (Department of Religion and Culture, University of Winnipeg, Canada.) ,  Merin Shobhana Xavier
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.460kg
ISBN:  

9781138687301

ISBN 10:   1138687308
Pages:   270
Publication Date:   15 December 2017
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

"Introduction. Chapter 1: Contextualizing the production of knowledge on contemporary Sufism in the West. PART I: SUFISM AND ANTI-SUFISM IN CONTEMPORARY CONTEXTS. Chapter 2: Heart or heresy? The historical debate over Sufism’s place in Islam. Chapter 3: Contesting Sufism today: Contemporary Sufi and anti-Sufi responses. PART II: CONTEMPORARY SUFISM IN THE WEST: POETIC INFLUENCES AND POPULAR MANIFESTATIONS. Chapter 4: Sufism in the eyes of the West: Colonialists, Romantics, and Transcendentalists. Chapter 5: The era of Rumi: Contemporary Sufism and popular culture. PART III. GENDERING SUFISM: TRADITION AND TRANSFORMATION. Chapter 6: Perfecting the self: Female Sufi saints in Islamic history. Chapter 7: ""Women of light"": Contemporary female Sufi leaders. Conclusion: Discourses of authenticity and complementary contradictions in contemporary Sufism"

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Contemporary Sufism examines both 'God's unruly friends', as well as the scholars who have studied, written about, interpreted, and theorized about them. This is a welcome addition to the literature on Sufism and its interpreters. Amir Hussain, Department of Theological Studies, Loyola Marymount University, USAã Contemporary Sufism fills an enormous gap in the Islamic Studies literature. The analysis offered here is especially powerful because it reveals the many ways in which Sufi practices challenge the conventional wisdom about gender and religious authority in Islam. Essential reading for anyone looking to understand religion and society in the Muslim world today. Peter Mandaville, author of Islam and Politics, George Mason University, USA

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Meena Sharify-Funk is Associate Professor and the Chair of the Religion and Culture Department at Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada. William Rory Dickson is Assistant Professor of Islamic Religion and Culture at the University of Winnipeg, Canada. Merin Shobhana Xavier is Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religion at Ithaca College, USA.

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