Routledge handbook on Sufism / edited by Lloyd Ridgeon.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ridgeon, Lloyd V. J., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sufism--History.

Sufism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxiii, 540 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, New York ; London : Routledge, [2021]

Summary:

This is a chronological history of the Sufi tradition, divided in to three sections, early, middle and modern periods. The book comprises 35 independent chapters with easily identifiable themes and/or geographical threads, all written by recognised experts in the field. The volume outlines the origins and early developments of Sufism by assessing the formative thinkers and practitioners and investigating specific pietistic themes. The middle period contains an examination of the emergence of the Sufi Orders and illustrates the diversity of the tradition. This middle period also analyses the fate of Sufism during the time of the Gunpowder Empires. Finally, the end period includes representative surveys of Sufism in several countries, both in the West and in traditional "Islamic" regions. This comprehensive and up-to-date collection of studies provides a guide to the Sufi tradition. The Handbook is a valuable resource for students and researchers with an interest in religion, Islamic Studies and Middle Eastern Studies.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations

List of Contributors

Transliteration

Preface

Part One The Early Period

1 The Origins of Sufism

2 Al-Ḥārith Al-Muḥāsibī and Spiritual Purification between Asceticism and Mysticism

3 Al-Junayd Al-Baghdādī: Chief of the Sect

4 Abū Yazīd al-Bisṭāmī and Discussions about Intoxicated Sufism

5 Al-Ghazālī: In Praise Of Sufism

6 'Ayn Al-Quḍāt's Qur'anic Vision: From Black Words to White Parchment

7 Ibn 'Arabi and the AkbarĪ Tradition

8 Jalāl Al-Dīn Rūmī and His Place in the History of Sufism

9 Opposition to Sufis in the Formative Period

10 Narrativizing Early Mystic and Sufi Women: Mechanisms of Gendering In Sufi Hagiographies

11 Sufism and Travelling

12 Sufism and Qur'ānic Ethics

13 Love and Beauty in Sufism

14 Sufism in Classical Persian Poetry

Part Two The Middle Period

15 Sufi Orders in the Medieval Period

16 The Bektaşiyya: The Formative Period, 1250-1516

17 The Chishtiyya

18 The Qalandariyya: From the Mosque to the Ruin in Poetry, Place, and Practice

19 The Shādhiliyya: Foundational Teachings and Practices

20 Sufism, Tombs and Convents

21 Clothing and Investiture in Medieval Sufism

22 Sufism and Christian Mysticism: The Neoplatonic Factor

23 The Jewish-Sufi Encounter in the Middle Ages

24 Sufism and the Hindu Dharma

25 Sufism and the Safavids in Iran: A Further Challenge to "Decline"

26 The Mughals and Sufism

27 Sufism in the Ottoman Empire

28 The Qāḍīzādelis and Sufism

Part Three The Modern Period

29 Sufism in Modern Turkey

30 Sufism in the UK

31 Sufism and Vernacular Knowledge in Sindh

32 A Sufism for Our Time: The Egyptian Society for Spiritual and Cultural Research

33 Sufism in Modern Morocco

34 Sufism in Senegal.

35 Sufism in North America

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-315-17534-7

1-351-70647-0

9781315175348

OCLC:

1176512425