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- catalog abstract "For more than a millennium, Sufism has been the core of the spiritual experience of countless Muslims. As the chief mystical tradition of Islam, it has helped to shape the history of Islamic societies. Although it is the Sufi face of Islam that has often appealed to Westerners, Sufis and Sufism remain mysterious to many in the West, and are still widely misunderstood. In this new, redesigned paperback edition of this bestselling book, a scholar with long experience of Sufism in the Middle East, Southeast Asia, and Europe succinctly presents the essentials of Sufism and shows how Sufis live and worship, and why. As well as what Sufism is and where it comes from, the book discusses Sufi orders not only in the Islamic world but also in the West. The political, social, and economic significance of Sufism are outlined, and the question of how and why Sufism has become one of the more controversial aspects of contemporary Islamic religious life is addressed. -- Back cover.".
- catalog contributor b11846548.
- catalog created "c2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "c2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2000.".
- catalog description "1. What is Sufism and where does it come from? -- 2. How to be a Sufi -- 3. The orders -- 4. Friends, warriors, and merchants -- 5. Whose orthodoxy? -- Some of the Hikam of Ibn 'Ata Allah.".
- catalog description "For more than a millennium, Sufism has been the core of the spiritual experience of countless Muslims. As the chief mystical tradition of Islam, it has helped to shape the history of Islamic societies. Although it is the Sufi face of Islam that has often appealed to Westerners, Sufis and Sufism remain mysterious to many in the West, and are still widely misunderstood. In this new, redesigned paperback edition of this bestselling book, a scholar with long experience of Sufism in the Middle East, Southeast Asia, and Europe succinctly presents the essentials of Sufism and shows how Sufis live and worship, and why. As well as what Sufism is and where it comes from, the book discusses Sufi orders not only in the Islamic world but also in the West. The political, social, and economic significance of Sufism are outlined, and the question of how and why Sufism has become one of the more controversial aspects of contemporary Islamic religious life is addressed. -- Back cover.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [108]-112).".
- catalog extent "112 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Sufism.".
- catalog identifier "9774245776".
- catalog isFormatOf "Sufism.".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "c2000.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Cairo : American University in Cairo Press,".
- catalog relation "Sufism.".
- catalog subject "297.4 21".
- catalog subject "BP189 .S355 2000".
- catalog subject "Sufism.".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. What is Sufism and where does it come from? -- 2. How to be a Sufi -- 3. The orders -- 4. Friends, warriors, and merchants -- 5. Whose orthodoxy? -- Some of the Hikam of Ibn 'Ata Allah.".
- catalog title "Sufism : the essentials / Mark J. Sedgwick.".
- catalog type "text".