Sufis in Western Society
Global networking and locality
- 224 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
In recent years Sufism has undergone something of a revival as a spiritual alternative to other manifestations of Islam. This book investigates the development of Sufism in Western societies, with a regional focus on North America and Europe. Exploring a number of issues relating to the dynamic tensions between religious globalization processes and specific sacred localities, this book looks at the formation of Sufi movements that have migrated from their place of origin to become global religious networks.
Sufi groups are highly differentiated and often inaccessible, so the origins and development of Sufism in the West have not been widely studied. Employing a comparative approach based on regional fieldwork and case studies, this book addresses theoretical issues and gives a comprehensive analysis of distinct communities and the development of regional branches of Sufi orders, providing an international perspective on Sufism in the West. With contributions from well-known international experts on the topic, the book addresses Sufi orders in the context of the transnational networks in which they are operating and the constraints of the localities in which they live.
This book will be of interest to scholars and students of religion, Islam and Sufism in particular.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- List of illustrations
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Glocalization of religions: plural authenticities at the centres and at the margins
- 3 Global Sufism: “theirs and ours”
- 4 Globalizing the soundworld: Islam and Sufi music in the West
- 5 Pluralism and authenticity: Sufi paths in post-9/11 New York
- 6 A case of cultural binary fission or transglobal Sufism? The transmigration of Sufism to Britain
- 7 Playing with numbers: Sufi calculations of a perfect divine universe in Manchester
- 8 The emergence of transethnic Sufism in Germany: from mysticism to authenticity
- 9 Growing up as a Sufi: generational change in the Burhaniya Sufi order
- 10 Home, nation and global Islam: Sufi oriented activities and community building among Bosnian Muslims in Southern Sweden
- 11 The reception of Sufi and neo-Sufi literature
- Glossary
- Index