Sufi institutions / / edited by Alexandre Papas.

• Superior document: Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 1, Ancient Near East
• TeilnehmendeR: Papas, Alexandre,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2021]; 2021
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Series: Handbook of Oriental studies. Ancient Near East.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource.

"This volume describes the social and practical aspects of Islamic mysticism (Sufism) across centuries and geographical regions. Its authors seek to transcend ethereal, essentialist and "spiritualizing" approaches to Sufism, on the one hand, and purely pragmatic and materialistic explanations of its origins and history, on the other. Covering five topics (Sufism's economy, social role of Sufis, Sufi spaces, politics, and organization), the volume shows that mystics have been active socio-religious agents who could skillfully adjust to the conditions of their time and place, while also managing to forge an alternative way of living, worshiping and thinking. Basing themselves on the most recent research on Sufi institutions, the contributors to this volume substantially expand our understanding of the vicissitudes of Sufism by paying special attention to its organizational and economic dimensions, as well as complex and often ambivalent relations between Sufis and the societies in which they played a wide variety of important and sometimes critical roles. Contributors are Mehran Afshari, Ismail Fajrie Alatas, Semih Ceyhan, Rachida Chih, Nathalie Clayer, David Cook, Stéphane A. Dudoignon, Daphna Ephrat, Peyvand Firouzeh, Nathan Hofer, Hussain Ahmad Khan, Catherine Mayeur-Jaouen, Richard McGregor, Ahmet Yaşar Ocak, Alexandre Papas, Luca Patrizi, Paulo Pinto, Adam Sabra, Mark Sedgwick, Jean-Jacques Thibon, Knut S. Vikør and Neguin Yavari"-- Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents

Introduction: What Is a Ṣūfī Institution? A Dichotomy in Ṣūfī Studies / Alexandre Papas -- Part I. The Economy of Sufism: 1. Economies of Sufism / Adam Sabra -- 2. Endowments for Ṣūfīs and Their Institutions / Nathan Hofer -- 3. Donations to Ṣūfīs and Ṣūfī Institutions / Hussain Ahmad Khan -- 4. Sufism, Futuwwa, and Professional Guilds / Mehran Afshari -- Part II. Ṣūfī Places and Dwellings: 5. Ṣūfī Places and Dwellings / Daphna Ephrat and Paulo G. Pinto -- 6. Ṣūfī Shrines / Catherine Mayeur-Jaouen -- 7. Ṣūfī Lodges / Peyvand Firouzeh -- 8. Ṣūfī Outposts (ribāṭs) / Nathan Hofer -- Part III. The Social Role of Ṣūfīs: 9. The Social Role of Ṣūfīs / Rachida Chih -- 10. Ṣūfī Altruism / Richard McGregor -- 11. Sufism, Urbanisation, and Sociability in Cities / Nathalie Clayer -- 12. Ṣūfīs in Rural Environments / Ahmet Yaşar Ocak -- Part IV. Sufism and Worldly Powers: 13. Sufism and Worldly Powers / Alexandre Papas -- 14. Ṣūfī Terminology of Power -- 15. Ṣūfīs as Court Advisors / Neguin Yavari -- 16. Sufism, the Army, and Holy War / David Cook -- 17. Ṣūfī Sultanates and Imamates / Knut S. Vikør -- Part V. The Organisation of Mysticism: 18. The Organisation of Mysticism / Mark Sedgwick -- 19. The First Communities / Jean-Jacques Thibon -- 20. Ṣūfī Lineages and Families / Ismail Fajrie Alatas -- 21. Established Ṣūfī Orders / Semih Ceyhan -- 22. Cyber Sufism / Stéphane A. Dudoignon -- Name Index -- Place Index -- Thematic Index.