| Sufis and Anti-Sufis Contributor(s): Sirriyeh, Elisabeth (Author) |
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ISBN: 0700710582 ISBN-13: 9780700710584 Publisher: Routledge/Curzon OUR PRICE: $118.75 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 1998 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Islam - Sufi - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - General - Social Science | Regional Studies |
| Dewey: 297.4 |
| LCCN: 99206428 |
| Series: Curzon Sufi Series |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.6" W x 8.94" (0.77 lbs) 204 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Islamic |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Despite its continuing appeal in the Muslim world, Sufism has faced challenges in the last 250 years. This volume assesses the evolution of anti-Sufism since the mid-18th 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 marginalized in the process. |
