Sufi Institutions

Buch | Hardcover

442 Seiten

2020
Brill (Verlag)
978-90-04-38907-6 (ISBN)

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This handbook describes the social and economic underpinnings of Islamic mysticism across centuries and geographical regions, paying special attention to the institutional dimensions of Sufism and complex relations between Sufis and the societies in which they played a wide variety of important roles.

This volume describes the social and practical aspects of Islamic mysticism (Sufism) across centuries and geographical regions. Its authors seek to transcend ethereal, essentialist and "spiritualizing" approaches to Sufism, on the one hand, and purely pragmatic and materialistic explanations of its origins and history, on the other. Covering five topics (Sufism's economy, social role of Sufis, Sufi spaces, politics, and organization), the volume shows that mystics have been active socio-religious agents who could skillfully adjust to the conditions of their time and place, while also managing to forge an alternative way of living, worshiping and thinking.

Basing themselves on the most recent research on Sufi institutions, the contributors to this volume substantially expand our understanding of the vicissitudes of Sufism by paying special attention to its organizational and economic dimensions, as well as complex and often ambivalent relations between Sufis and the societies in which they played a wide variety of important and sometimes critical roles.

Contributors are Mehran Afshari, Ismail Fajrie Alatas, Semih Ceyhan, Rachida Chih, Nathalie Clayer, David Cook, Stephane A. Dudoignon, Daphna Ephrat, Peyvand Firouzeh, Nathan Hofer, Hussain Ahmad Khan, Catherine Mayeur-Jaouen, Richard McGregor, Ahmet Yasar Ocak, Alexandre Papas, Luca Patrizi, Paulo G. Pinto, Adam Sabra, Mark Sedgwick, Jean-Jacques Thibon, Knut S. Vikor and Neguin Yavari

Alexandre Papas, Ph.D. (2004) is Senior Research Fellow at the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) in Paris. He has published monographs, collaborative volumes and articles on the history of Sufism, including Thus Spake the Dervish (Brill, 2019).

Acknowledgments
List of Figures
Introduction: What Is a Sufi Institution? A Dichotomy in Sufi Studies
Alexandre Papas

Part 1: The Economy of Sufism
1 Economies of Sufism
Adam Sabra
2 Endowments for Sufis and Their Institutions
Nathan Hofer
3 Donations to Sufis and Sufi Institutions
Hussain Ahmad Khan
4 Sufism, Futuwwa, and Professional Guilds
Mehran Afshari

Part 2: Sufi Places and Dwellings
5 Sufi Places and Dwellings
Daphna Ephrat and Paulo G. Pinto
6 Sufi Shrines
Catherine Mayeur-Jaouen
7 Sufi Lodges
Peyvand Firouzeh
8 Sufi Outposts (ribats)
Nathan Hofer

Part 3: The Social Role of Sufis
9 The Social Role of Sufis
Rachida Chih
10 Sufi Altruism
Richard McGregor
11 Sufism, Urbanisation, and Sociability in Cities
Nathalie Clayer
12 Sufis in Rural Environments
Ahmet Yasar Ocak

Part 4: Sufism and Worldly Powers
13 Sufism and Worldly Powers
Alexandre Papas
14 Sufi Terminology of Power
15 Sufis as Court Advisors
Neguin Yavari
16 Sufism, the Army, and Holy War
David Cook
17 Sufi Sultanates and Imamates
Knut S. Vikor

Part 5: The Organisation of Mysticism
18 The Organisation of Mysticism
Mark Sedgwick
19 The First Communities
Jean-Jacques Thibon
20 Sufi Lineages and Families
Ismail Fajrie Alatas
21 Established Sufi Orders
Semih Ceyhan
22 Cyber Sufism
Stephane A. Dudoignon

Name Index
Place Index
Thematic Index

Erscheinungsdatum	15.01.2021
Reihe/Serie	Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 1 The Near and Middle East / Handbook of Sufi Studies ; 154/1
Verlagsort	Leiden
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Gewicht	887 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Islam
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
ISBN-10	90-04-38907-5 / 9004389075
ISBN-13	978-90-04-38907-6 / 9789004389076
Zustand	Neuware