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Sufism : The Formative Period / Ahmet T. Karamustafa.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: The New Edinburgh Islamic Surveys : NEISPublisher: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2022]Copyright date: ©2007Description: 1 online resource (216 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780748619184
  • 9780748628971
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 297.409 22
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- 1. The Sufis of Baghdad -- 2. Mystics outside Baghdad -- 3. The spread of Baghdad Sufi sm -- 4. Specialised Sufi literature -- 5. Formation of communities -- 6. Sainthood triumphant -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary: GBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup('ISBN:9780748619191);This book is a comprehensive historical overview of the formative period of Sufism, the major mystical tradition in Islam, from the ninth to the twelfth century CE. Based on a fresh reading of the primary sources and integrating the findings of recent scholarship on the subject, the author presents a unified narrative of Sufism's historical development within an innovative analytical framework. Karamustafa gives a new account of the emergence of mystical currents in Islam during the ninth century and traces the rapid spread of Iraq-based Sufism to other regions of the Islamic world and its fusion with indigenous mystical movements elsewhere, most notably the Mal?matiyya of northeastern Iran. He analyses extensively the formation of Sufi communities, the imbrication of Sufi sainthood with popular saints' cults as well as nonconformist dimensions of Sufism and fully explicates the reasons for the increasing social prominence of the Sufi mode of piety during this early period in Islamic history.Key FeaturesStrikes a balance between social and intellectual historyIdentifies and articulates questions of interest to scholars, students and general readersConsistently locates Sufism within its broader social and intellectual context"
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9780748628971

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- 1. The Sufis of Baghdad -- 2. Mystics outside Baghdad -- 3. The spread of Baghdad Sufi sm -- 4. Specialised Sufi literature -- 5. Formation of communities -- 6. Sainthood triumphant -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index

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GBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup('ISBN:9780748619191);This book is a comprehensive historical overview of the formative period of Sufism, the major mystical tradition in Islam, from the ninth to the twelfth century CE. Based on a fresh reading of the primary sources and integrating the findings of recent scholarship on the subject, the author presents a unified narrative of Sufism's historical development within an innovative analytical framework. Karamustafa gives a new account of the emergence of mystical currents in Islam during the ninth century and traces the rapid spread of Iraq-based Sufism to other regions of the Islamic world and its fusion with indigenous mystical movements elsewhere, most notably the Mal?matiyya of northeastern Iran. He analyses extensively the formation of Sufi communities, the imbrication of Sufi sainthood with popular saints' cults as well as nonconformist dimensions of Sufism and fully explicates the reasons for the increasing social prominence of the Sufi mode of piety during this early period in Islamic history.Key FeaturesStrikes a balance between social and intellectual historyIdentifies and articulates questions of interest to scholars, students and general readersConsistently locates Sufism within its broader social and intellectual context"

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In English.

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