Islamic mysticism : a short history.

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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Sufism > History.
Mysticism > Islam > History.

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Call Number: BP189 .K69 2010

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Table of Contents:
  • 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.