Shiʻi Islam and Sufism : classical views and modern perspectives / edited by Denis Hermann and Mathieu Terrier.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hermann, Denis, editor.

Terrier, Mathieu, editor.

Institute of Ismaili Studies.

Series:

Shi'i heritage series ; 7.

Shiʻi heritage series ; 7

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shīʻah--Relations--Sufism.

Shīʻah.

Sufism--Relations--Shīʻah.

Sufism.

Shīʻah--History.

Sufism--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (393 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Distribution:

[London, England] : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020

Place of Publication:

London [England] : I.B. Tauris in Association of The Institute of Ismaili Studies, 2020.

Summary:

"Offering new perspectives on the relationship between Shi'is and Sufis in modern and pre-modern times, this book challenges the supposed opposition between these two esoteric traditions in Islam by exploring what could be called "Shi'i Sufism" and "Sufi-oriented Shi'ism" at various points in history. The chapters are based on new research in textual studies as well as fieldwork from a broad geographical areas including the Indian subcontinent, Anatolia and Iran. Covering a long period stretching from the early post-Mongol centuries, throughout the entire Safawid era (906?1134/1501?1722) and beyond, it is concerned not only with the sphere of the religious scholars but also with different strata of society. The first part of the volume looks at the diversity of the discourse on Sufism among the Shi'i " ulama" in the run up to and during the Safawid period. The second part focuses on the social and intellectual history of the most popular Shi'i Sufi order in Iran, the Ni'mat Allahiyya. The third part examines the relationship between Shi'ism and Sufism in the little-explored literary traditions of the Alevi-Bektashi and the Khaksariyya Sufi order. With contributions from leading scholars in Shi'ism and Sufism Studies, the book is the first to reveal the mutual influences and connections between Shi'ism and Sufism, which until now have been little explored."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: New Perspectives on Imami Shiʻi-Sufi Relations in the Modern and Pre-Modern Periods / Denis Hermann and Mathieu Terrier

Part One: Alternatives to anti-Sufi Discourses in Pre-Modern and Modern Shiʻi Literature

1. The Defense of Sufism among Twelver Shiʻi Scholars of early Modern and Modern Times: Topics and Arguments / Mathieu Terrier

2. The Limits of "Orthodoxy"?: Notes on the Anti-Abū Muslim Polemic of Early 11th/17th-Century Iran / Andrew Newman

Notes:

Includes index.

Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 03, 2020).

ISBN:

9780755602308

0755602307

9780755602285

0755602285

9780755602292

0755602293

OCLC:

1138136796