Sacred spaces and transnational networks in American sufism : Bawa Muhaiyaddeen and contemporary shrine cultures /
Shobhana Xavier, Merin,
Sacred spaces and transnational networks in American sufism : Bawa Muhaiyaddeen and contemporary shrine cultures / Merin Shobhana Xavier. - 1 online resource - Islam of the global west .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Charting Bawa's ministries from Jaffna to Pennsylvania -- From the ashram to mankumban: everyday practices amongst Bawa's Sri Lankan followers -- From the masjid to the mazar: rituals and spaces in the American fellowship -- Women in Bawa's ministries from Jaffna to Pennsylvania -- Swami to qutb: Bawa as al-insan al-kamil.
"This book sheds light on the Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship (BMF), one of North America's major Sufi movements, and one of the first to establish a Sufi shrine in the region. It provides the first comprehensive overview of the BMF, offering new insight into its historical development and practices, and charting its establishment in both the United States and Sri Lanka. Through ethnographic research, Sacred Spaces and Transnational Networks in American Sufism shows that the followers of Bawa in the United States and Sri Lanka share far more similarities in the relationships they formed with spaces, Bawa, and Sufism, than differences. This challenges the accepted conceptualization of Sufism in North America as having a distinct "Americanness", and prompts scholars to re-consider how Sufism is developing in the modern American landscape, as well as globally. The book focuses on the transnational spaces and ritual activities of Bawa's communities, mapping parallel shrines and pilgrimages. It examines the roles of culture, religion, and gender and their impact on ritual embodiment, drawing attention to the global range of a Sufi community through engagement with its distinct Muslim, Hindu, Jewish, and Christian followers."--Bloomsbury Publishing
9781350026704 1350026700 9781350026698 1350026697
9781350026704 CodeMantra
018742117 Uk
Muhaiyaddeen, M. R. Bawa.
Muhaiyaddeen, M. R. Bawa
Sufism--United States.
Islamic shrines--United States.
Soufisme--États-Unis.
Sanctuaires musulmans--États-Unis.
Islamic worship, rites & ceremonies.
Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography.
Sufism & Islamic mysticism.
RELIGION--Islam--General.
Islamic shrines
Sufism
United States
BP188.8.U6 / S46 2018eb
297.40973
Sacred spaces and transnational networks in American sufism : Bawa Muhaiyaddeen and contemporary shrine cultures / Merin Shobhana Xavier. - 1 online resource - Islam of the global west .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Charting Bawa's ministries from Jaffna to Pennsylvania -- From the ashram to mankumban: everyday practices amongst Bawa's Sri Lankan followers -- From the masjid to the mazar: rituals and spaces in the American fellowship -- Women in Bawa's ministries from Jaffna to Pennsylvania -- Swami to qutb: Bawa as al-insan al-kamil.
"This book sheds light on the Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship (BMF), one of North America's major Sufi movements, and one of the first to establish a Sufi shrine in the region. It provides the first comprehensive overview of the BMF, offering new insight into its historical development and practices, and charting its establishment in both the United States and Sri Lanka. Through ethnographic research, Sacred Spaces and Transnational Networks in American Sufism shows that the followers of Bawa in the United States and Sri Lanka share far more similarities in the relationships they formed with spaces, Bawa, and Sufism, than differences. This challenges the accepted conceptualization of Sufism in North America as having a distinct "Americanness", and prompts scholars to re-consider how Sufism is developing in the modern American landscape, as well as globally. The book focuses on the transnational spaces and ritual activities of Bawa's communities, mapping parallel shrines and pilgrimages. It examines the roles of culture, religion, and gender and their impact on ritual embodiment, drawing attention to the global range of a Sufi community through engagement with its distinct Muslim, Hindu, Jewish, and Christian followers."--Bloomsbury Publishing
9781350026704 1350026700 9781350026698 1350026697
9781350026704 CodeMantra
018742117 Uk
Muhaiyaddeen, M. R. Bawa.
Muhaiyaddeen, M. R. Bawa
Sufism--United States.
Islamic shrines--United States.
Soufisme--États-Unis.
Sanctuaires musulmans--États-Unis.
Islamic worship, rites & ceremonies.
Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography.
Sufism & Islamic mysticism.
RELIGION--Islam--General.
Islamic shrines
Sufism
United States
BP188.8.U6 / S46 2018eb
297.40973