Offers a survey of the formative period of Sufism - the main mystical tradition in Islam - from the ninth to the eleventh century. This book strikes a balance between social and intellectual history; identifies and articulates questions of interest to scho

Offers a survey of the formative period of Sufism - the main mystical tradition in Islam - from the ninth to the eleventh century. This book assumes a balance between social and intellectual history; identifies and articulates questions of interest to scho