Contemporary Sufism

by Meena Sharify-Funk
Contemporary Sufism
Author: Meena Sharify-Funk
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 322
Release: 2017-12-22
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1134879997
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What is Sufism? Contemporary views vary tremendously, even among Sufis themselves. Contemporary Sufism: Piety, Politics, and Popular Culture brings to light the religious frameworks that shape the views of Sufism’s friends, adversaries, admirers, and detractors and, in the process, helps readers better understand the diversity of contemporary Sufism, the pressures and cultural openings to which it responds, and the many divergent opinions about contemporary Sufism’s relationship to Islam. The three main themes: piety, politics, and popular culture are explored in relation to the Islamic and Western contexts that shape them, as well as to the historical conditions that frame contemporary debates. This book is split into three parts: • Sufism and anti-Sufism in contemporary contexts; • Contemporary Sufism in the West: Poetic influences and popular manifestations; • Gendering Sufism: Tradition and transformation. This book will fascinate anyone interested in the challenges of contemporary Sufism as well as its relationship to Islam, gender, and the West. It offers an ideal starting point from which undergraduate and postgraduate students, teachers and lecturers can explore Sufism today.

Contemporary Sufism

by Meena Sharify-Funk
Contemporary Sufism
Author: Meena Sharify-Funk
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2018
Genre: Islam and culture
ISBN: 9781138687301
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Contemporary Sufism: Piety, Politics and Popular Culture brings to light the religious frameworks that shape the views of Sufism's friends, adversaries, admirers, and detractors and in the process, helps readers better understand the diversity of contemporary Sufism, the pressures and cultural openings to which it responds, and the many divergent opinions about contemporary Sufism's relationship to Islam.

Contemporary Sufism

by Meena Sharify-Funk
Contemporary Sufism
Author: Meena Sharify-Funk
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2018
Genre: Islam and culture
ISBN: 9781138687288
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Contemporary Sufism: Piety, Politics and Popular Culture brings to light the religious frameworks that shape the views of Sufism's friends, adversaries, admirers, and detractors and in the process, helps readers better understand the diversity of contemporary Sufism, the pressures and cultural openings to which it responds, and the many divergent opinions about contemporary Sufism's relationship to Islam.

Sufism and Saint Veneration in Contemporary Bangladesh

by Hans Harder
Sufism and Saint Veneration in Contemporary Bangladesh
Author: Hans Harder
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 393
Release: 2011-03-04
Genre: Poetry
ISBN: 1136831894
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Focusing on the Maijbhandari movement in Chittagong, south-eastern Bangladesh, which claims the status of the only Sufi order originated in Bengal and which has gained immense popularity in recent years, this book provides a comprehensive picture of an important aspect of contemporary Bengali Islam in the South Asian context. Expertise in South Asian languages and literatures is combined with ethnographic field work and theoretical formulations from a range of disciplines, including cultural anthropology, Islamic studies and religious studies. Analysing the Maijbhandaris tradition of Bengali spiritual songs, one of the largest popular song traditions in Bengal, the book presents an in-depth study of Bengali Sufi theology, hagiography and Maijbhandari esoteric songs, as well as a discussion of what Bengali Islam is. It is a useful contribution to South Asia Studies, as well as Islamic Studies.

Sufism in the Contemporary Arabic Novel

by Ziad Elmarsafy
Sufism in the Contemporary Arabic Novel
Author: Ziad Elmarsafy
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Total Pages: 185
Release: 2014-08-20
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0748655662
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This book will present close readings of three contemporary Arabic novelists - an Egyptian (Gamal Al-Ghitany), an Algerian (Taher Ouettar) and a Touareg Libyan (Ibrahim Al-Koni) - who have all turned to Sufism as a literary strategy aimed at negotiating i

Modern Sufis and the State

by Katherine Pratt Ewing
Modern Sufis and the State
Author: Katherine Pratt Ewing
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Total Pages: 228
Release: 2020-08-25
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0231551460
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Sufism is typically thought of as the mystical side of Islam. In recent years, it has been held up as a supposedly peaceful alternative to the spread of forms of Islam associated with violence, an embodiment of democratic ideals of tolerance and pluralism. Are Sufis in fact as otherworldy and apolitical as this stereotype suggests? Modern Sufis and the State brings together a range of scholars, including anthropologists, historians, and religious-studies specialists, to challenge common assumptions that are made about Sufism today. Focusing on India and Pakistan within a broader global context, this book provides locally grounded accounts of how Sufis in South Asia have engaged in politics from the colonial period to the present. Contributors foreground the effects and unintended consequences of efforts to link Sufism with the spread of democracy and consider what roles scholars and governments have played in the making of twenty-first-century Sufism. They critique the belief that Salafism and Sufism are antithetical, offering nuanced analyses of the diversity, multivalence, and local embeddedness of Sufi political engagements and self-representations in Pakistan and India. Essays question the portrayal of Sufi shrines as sites of toleration, peace, and harmony, exploring cases of tension and conflict. A wide-ranging interdisciplinary collection, Modern Sufis and the State is a timely call to think critically about the role of public discourse in shaping perceptions of Sufism.

Unveiling Sufism

by William Rory Dickson
Unveiling Sufism
Author: William Rory Dickson
Publisher: Equinox Publishing (UK)
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2017
Genre: Sufism
ISBN: 9781781792445
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In contrast to most introductory texts on Sufism, this work begins not with the historical past, but with the contemporary present. Each chapter unveils the complexities of Sufism, journeying through a variety of historical, political, and cultural contexts, moving deeper into the past, and closer to the origin and heart of Sufism.

Sufis and Anti-Sufis

by Elizabeth Sirriyeh
Sufis and Anti-Sufis
Author: Elizabeth Sirriyeh
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 208
Release: 2014-01-09
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1136812768
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Despite its continuing appeal in the Muslim world, Sufism has faced fierce challenges in the last 250 years. This volume assesses the evolution of anti-Sufism since the middle of the eighteenth century and Sufi strategies for survival. It also considers the efforts of a few significant Muslim intellectuals to contemplate a future for a mystical approach to Islam without traditional Sufism. Many studies of Islam in the modern period have focused on the attempts of Muslim 'modernists' or 'fundamentalists' to come to terms with western modernity, and Sufis have often been marginalised in the process. Elizabeth Sirriyeh redresses this neglect by assigning to Sufism a central place in the broader history of Islam in the modern world and by examining how changing understandings of Sufism's role in modern conditions have affected Muslims of all shades of opinion.

Sohbet

by Sadiq M Alam
Sohbet
Author: Sadiq M Alam
Publisher:
Total Pages: 364
Release: 2020-05
Genre:
ISBN:
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What role Sufism and Islam play among contemporary spiritual seekers? What are the circumstances that led them to come to Sufism? What teachings of the Sufi Path are the most attractive to a seeker of truth? How does surrender to the Spiritual Teacher, a core component of Sufi teaching applies to Western disciples who are more oriented towards reasons and intellect? The book explores these and many other questions with fifteen contemporary Sufis. The featured spiritual seekers the majority of whom are from West are engaged in conversations uncovering their unique spiritual journey, their attraction to the Sufi Path and how they met their Spiritual Mentors and Teachers. Through these conversations, invaluable life lessons and timeless wisdom is distilled for those who are interested in spiritual life. In Sufi Path Sohbet signifies spiritual conversation or discourse between the master and disciple, or between seekers of God through association, conversation, or simply by the presence. Featured in this book are the following personalities: Amatullah Armstrong Chishti Daniel Abdal-Hayy Moore Carol Sill Noor-Malika Chishti Mansur Johnson Maryam Kabeer Faye Denise Sati Dr. Stewart Bitkoff Barbara Flaherty Asher Quinn Hilary Hart Dominique Dubrule Brenda Wentworth Naila Amat-un-Nur, and Dana Hayne. Many of these seekers of truth came to the Sufi Path through veridical dreams including that of Prophet Muhammad. You will come to know, for example, how a seeker born in a British Jewish family started to have visions of Jesus from the age of five who eventually in his 20s discovered the Sufi Path and for more than last 30 years, the sacred formula La ilaha Ill'Allah became etched in his heart as a refuge and sanctuary. Through association and spiritual lineage the book features memory and teachings of some of the most important Sufi Masters of both East and West namely: Inayat Khan, Samuel L. Lewis, Vilayat Khan, Zia Inayat Khan, Bawa Muhaiyaddeen, Muhammad ibn al-Habib, Abdalqadir as-Sufi, Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh. May these spiritual chronicles inspire and encourage you to take your journey towards the One.