Sufism and Islamic Reform in Egypt: The Battle for Islamic Tradition

ISBN-13: 9780198267577 / Angielski / Twarda / 1996 / 336 str.

Julian Johansen

Opis

The tension between tradition and reform in the Arab world is one of the most urgent and problematic issues of today. The Sufis of Egypt are one of the most important sects in the Islamic world. Using material recorded at Sufi gatherings over the last five years, this book presents a contemporary, balanced study of their attempts to reform Sufism from within and maintain its traditions in defence of hostile criticism.

Recenzje

No other monograph in English explores so fully the tensions between Sufi practitioners and self-styled reformers over textual interpretation, ritual observance, and miraculous events. The study is replete with primary source annotation and careful attention to major controversies...fine analysis of modern-day Egyptian Sufism.