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The Islamic Syncretistic Tradition in Bengal.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Princeton legacy libraryPublication details: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2014.Description: 1 online resource (336 pages)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781400856701
  • 1400856701
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Islamic Syncretistic Tradition in Bengal.DDC classification:
  • 297.095414
LOC classification:
  • BP63.I42
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
Cover; Part I: Context; Part II: Text; A. The Syncretistic Great Tradition; Section I: The Mainstream; Section II: The Muslim ""Vaisnav"" Lyrical Literature; B. The Syncretistic Little Tradition; 6. Pirism or the Cult of Pir.
Summary: Asim Roy argues that Islam in Bengal was not a corruption of the real"" Middle Eastern Islam, as nineteenth-century reformers claimed, but a valid historical religion developed in an area totally different from the Middle East. Originally published in 1984. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback editions
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Item type Current library Call number URL Status Notes Barcode
eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)791421

Print version record.

Cover; Part I: Context; Part II: Text; A. The Syncretistic Great Tradition; Section I: The Mainstream; Section II: The Muslim ""Vaisnav"" Lyrical Literature; B. The Syncretistic Little Tradition; 6. Pirism or the Cult of Pir.

Asim Roy argues that Islam in Bengal was not a corruption of the real"" Middle Eastern Islam, as nineteenth-century reformers claimed, but a valid historical religion developed in an area totally different from the Middle East. Originally published in 1984. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback editions