Sufism and Early Islamic Piety: Personal and Communal Dynamics

ISBN-13: 9781108422710 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 330 str.

Arin Salamah-Qudsi

Opis

Explores aspects of the private lives and interpersonal ties, between the personal and communal domains of early Sufis.

Recenzje

'By expanding the scope of inquiry about the relationships of early Sufis beyond the celebrated shaykh-disciple bond, Sufism and Early Islamic Piety makes an undeniable contribution to scholarship on early Sufism. Among other achievements, Salamah-Qudsi highlights figures who have previously been marginalized in European-language scholarship, argues persuasively for the application of gen-der theory to early Sufi texts, and translates for the first time a great deal of material into English …' Jeremy Farrell, Journal of the American Oriental Society

Spis treści

Part I. Personal Narratives: Early Sufis and Family Ties: 1. Celibacy, marriage and familial commitments among early Sufis; 2. Female Sufis; 3. Maternal narratives: female Sufis as mothers; 4. Sufis as maternal uncles; Part II. Communal Narratives: Early Sufis' Modes of Operating in the Framework of Sufi Communal Lives: 5. Consensually acclaimed Sufis and lenient approaches; 6. Marginal piety: the case of Niffari; 7. Controversies and quarrel; 8. Companionship with youth (Suhbat al-Ahdath).