Sufism : : A New History of Islamic Mysticism / / Alexander Knysh.
A pathbreaking history of Sufism, from the earliest centuries of Islam to the presentAfter centuries as the most important ascetic-mystical strand of Islam, Sufism saw a sharp decline in the twentieth century, only to experience a stunning revival in recent decades. In this comprehensive new history...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press Complete eBook-Package 2017 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2017] ©2018 |
| Year of Publication: | 2017 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (392 p.) :; 10 halftones. |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Illustrations and Diagrams
- Transliteration and Dates
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- How and Why Sufism Came to Be
- What’s in a Name? How Definitions of Sufism Have Become a Site of Polemical Partis - Pris
- Discourses
- Sufism in Comparison: The Common Ferment of Hellenism
- Practices, Ethos, Communities, and Leaders
- Sufism’s Recent Trajectories: What Lies Behind the Sufi- Salafi Confrontation?
- Conclusion
- Abbreviations
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index