Spiritual wayfarers, leaders in piety : Sufis and the dissemination of Islam in medieval Palestine
Inhalt: Beginnings -- Setting the stage -- Typical ascetic piety and diversity -- Early role models -- The wayfaring elite -- The genesis of the Sufi circle -- Integration -- Building bridges -- Profiles of Sufi traditionalists -- The Sufi jurist -- The moral guide and the birth of the local congreg...
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| Format: | Livre |
| Langue: | English |
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Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard Center for Middle Eastern Studies,
[2008]
Distributed for the Center for Middle Eastern Studies of Harvard University by Harvard University Press |
| Titres liés à la collection: | Harvard middle eastern monographs
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| Accès à la collection: | Harvard middle eastern monographs |
| Sujets: | Sufism Palästina Sufismus Ulema Geschichte 1000-1600 |
| Description matérielle: | viii, 223 Seiten |
| Résumé: | Inhalt: Beginnings -- Setting the stage -- Typical ascetic piety and diversity -- Early role models -- The wayfaring elite -- The genesis of the Sufi circle -- Integration -- Building bridges -- Profiles of Sufi traditionalists -- The Sufi jurist -- The moral guide and the birth of the local congregation -- The role of the mosque -- The advent of the Sufi establishment -- Expansion -- Diffusing the tradition -- The charismatic shaykh -- Authority and following -- Lodge and tomb -- Conclusion -- Epilogue |
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| Description: | Literaturverzeichnis Seite 202-281 Mit Register |
| Description matérielle: | viii, 223 Seiten Illustrationen, Diagramme, Karten 21 cm |
| ISBN: | 0674032012 9780674032019 |