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C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd - Global Sufism Boundaries Structures And Politics - Hardcover
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd - Global Sufism Boundaries Structures And Politics - Hardcover
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Description: Sufism is a growing and global phenomenon far from the declining relic it was once thought to be. This book brings together the work of fourteen leading experts to explore systematically the key themes of Sufism's new global presence from Yemen to Senegal via Chicago and Sweden. The contributors look at the global spread and stance of such major actors as the Ba Alawiyya the Afropolitan Tijaniyya and the Gu len Movement. They map global Sufi culture from Rumi to rap and ask how global Sufism accommodates different and contradictory gender practices. They examine the contested and shifting relationship between the Islamic and the universal: is Sufism the timeless and universal essence of all religions the key to tolerance and co - existence between Muslims and non - Muslims? Or is it the purely Islamic heart of traditional and authentic practice and belief? Finally the book turns to politics. States and political actors in the West and in the Muslim world are using the mantle and language of Sufism to promote their objectives while Sufis are building alliances with them against common enemies. This raises the difficult question of whether Sufis are defending Islam against extremism supporting despotism against democracy or perhaps doing both.
Title: Global Sufism Boundaries Structures And Politics
Brand: C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Barcode: 9781787381346
Pages: 296 Pages
Publication Date: 11/1/2019
Category: Islamic Studies
Description: Sufism is a growing and global phenomenon far from the declining relic it was once thought to be. This book brings together the work of fourteen leading experts to explore systematically the key themes of Sufism's new global presence from Yemen to Senegal via Chicago and Sweden. The contributors look at the global spread and stance of such major actors as the Ba Alawiyya the Afropolitan Tijaniyya and the Gu len Movement. They map global Sufi culture from Rumi to rap and ask how global Sufism accommodates different and contradictory gender practices. They examine the contested and shifting relationship between the Islamic and the universal: is Sufism the timeless and universal essence of all religions the key to tolerance and co - existence between Muslims and non - Muslims? Or is it the purely Islamic heart of traditional and authentic practice and belief? Finally the book turns to politics. States and political actors in the West and in the Muslim world are using the mantle and language of Sufism to promote their objectives while Sufis are building alliances with them against common enemies. This raises the difficult question of whether Sufis are defending Islam against extremism supporting despotism against democracy or perhaps doing both.
Title: Global Sufism Boundaries Structures And Politics
Brand: C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Barcode: 9781787381346
Pages: 296 Pages
Publication Date: 11/1/2019
Category: Islamic Studies
