| Varieties of American Sufism Contributor(s): Bazzano, Elliott (Editor), Hermansen, Marcia (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1438477902 ISBN-13: 9781438477909 Publisher: State University of New York Press OUR PRICE: $35.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2021 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Islam - Sufi - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social |
| Dewey: 297.409 |
| LCCN: 2019017374 |
| Physical Information: 0.68" H x 6" W x 9" (0.99 lbs) 302 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: From Rumi poetry and Sufi dancing or whirling, to expressions of Africanicity and the forging of transnational bonds to remote locations in Senegal, Sri Lanka, and Turkey, Varieties of American Sufism immerses the reader in diverse expressions of contemporary Sufi religiosity in the United States. It spans more than a century of political, cultural, and embodied relationships with Islam and Muslims. American encounters with mystical Islam were initiated by a romantic quest for Oriental wisdom, flourished in the embrace of Eastern teachings during the countercultural era of New Age religion, were concretized due to late twentieth-century possibilities of travel and immigration to and from Muslim societies, and are now diffused through an explosion of cyber religion in an age of globalization. This collection of in-depth, participant-observation-based studies challenges expectations of uniformity and continuity while provoking stimulating reflection on a range of issues relevant to contemporary Islamic Studies, American religions, multireligious belonging, and new religious movements. |