The Sufi Journey of Baba Rexheb /

The Sufi Journey of Baba Rexheb / / Frances Trix.

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Baba Rexheb, a Muslim mystic from the Balkans, founded the first Bektashi community in America. This is his life story and the story of his communities: the traditional Bektashi tekke in Albania where he first served, the displaced persons camps to which he escaped after the war, the centuries-old t...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Penn Press eBook Package Complete Collection
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Trix, Frances,
Place / Publishing House:Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2011]
©2009
Year of Publication:2011
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (240 p.) :; 34 illus.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Prologue
  • 1. Welcome. The Door Is Always Open
  • 2. Baba's Bektashi Lineage
  • 3. Baba's Balkan Heritage
  • 4. The Path of Exile
  • 5. Waiting in Egypt
  • 6. Coming to America
  • 7. Early Decades at the Tekke
  • 8 . Later Decades at the Tekke
  • 9. With Baba in the Beyond
  • Epilogue. "We go, but the Way remains"
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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