Islamic mysticism : a short history.

The book provides a general survey of the history of Islamic mysticism (Sufism) since its inception up to the modern time. It combines chronological and personality-based approaches to the subject with a thematic discussion of principal Sufi notions and institutions. Sufism is examined from a variet...

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Main Author: Knysh, Alexander.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden : Brill, 2015.

Series: Themes in Islamic Studies 1.
Middle East and Islamic Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2011, ISBN: 9789004223066.

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Call Number: BP189 .K69 2010

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505 0 0 |a Preliminary Material -- INTRODUCTION -- THE BEGINNINGS -- ASCETICISM AND MYSTICISM IN WESTERN PROVINCES: SYRIA AND EGYPT -- THE SUFISM OF THE BAGHDAD SCHOOL -- THE "INTOXICATED" MYSTICISM OF AL-BISṬĀMĪ AND AL-ḤALLĀJ -- ASCETIC AND MYSTICAL MOVEMENTS IN BAṢRA AND KHURĀSĀN -- THE SYSTEMATIZATION OF THE SUFI TRADITION -- SUFISM AS LITERATURE AND METAPHYSICS: THE GRAND MASTERS OF SUFI POETRY AND PHILOSOPHY -- UNITY AND DIVERSITY IN SUFISM. THE RISE OF THE ṬARĪQAS -- SUFI INSTITUTIONS IN REGIONAL CONTEXTS OVER THE LAST SIX CENTURIES -- MAJOR SUFI CONCEPTS AND INSTITUTIONS -- GENERAL CONCLUSION -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- GENERAL INDEX -- INDEX OF BOOK TITLES -- INDEX OF TERMS. 
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