Sufism and Jewish-Muslim Relations: The Derekh Avraham Order in Israel

ISBN-13: 9780367872540 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 258 str.

Yafia Randall

Opis

Sufism and Jewish Muslim Relations investigates this practice of Sufism among Jews and Muslims in Israel and examines their potential to contribute to peace in the area. It is an original approach to the study of reconciliation, situating the activities of groups that are not explicitly acting for peace within the wider context of grass-r

Spis treści

Part 1: Procedure and Contexts of the Research  1 Introduction 2 Contexts of the Investigation 3 Historical Encounters of Jewish and Islamic Mysticism: precedents of Contemporary Practice in Israel  Part 2: Reading the Field Narratives  4 The Derekh Avraham/Tariqat Ibrahimiyya and its Contemporary Re-emergence in Israel 5 Beshara: Lovers of Ibn Arabi 6 Embracing the Sufi Path and the Dissemination of Knowledge 7 Jewish and Muslim Peacemakers  Part 3: Conclusion  8 The Other Voice  Appendices

O autorze

Yafiah Katherine Randall received her PhD at the University of Winchester. She combines academic research into Jewish-Muslim relations focusing on Sufism with grass-roots action for interreligious understanding and conflict transformation.