Sufis and Anti-Sufis: The Defence, Rethinking and Rejection of Sufism in the Modern World

ISBN-13: 9781138139787 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 190 str.

Elizabeth Sirriyeh

Opis

Despite its continuing appeal in the Muslim world, Sufism has faced fierce challenges in the last 250 years. This volume assesses the evolution of anti-Sufism since the middle of the eighteenth century and Sufi strategies for survival and considers the efforts of a few significant Muslim intellectuals to contemplate a future for a mystical approach to Islam without traditional Sufism.

Spis treści

1. Sufis and their Critics before the Impact of Europe  2. The Challenge of European Anti-Sufism  3. Traditional Sufism or a Religion of Progress?  4. The Sufism and Anti-Sufism of the Salafis  5. Strengthening the Soul of the Nation  6. Contemporary Sufism and Anti-Sufism.  Conclusion: Many Ways Towards the One

O autorze

Elizabeth Sirriyeh teaches in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies, University of Leeds.