Realm of the Saint

Vincent J. Cornell is Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Middle East and Islamic Studies at Emory University.

• Preface and Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations Transliteration of Foreign Terms Introduction. Morocco and the Problem of Sainthood in Islamic Studies Part I. Sainthood and Authority in Morocco: The Origins and Development of a Paradigm Chapter One. Sainthood in an Urban Context: Sulaha', 'Scholars, and "Anchors of the Earth" Chapter Two. Arbiters of the Holy in the Countryside: Rural Legists, Spiritual Masters, and Murabitun Chapter Three. Knowledge, Power, and Authority in Monographic Biography Chapter Four. Qualifying the Ineffable: Sainthood in the Hagiographical Anthology Part II. The Paradigm Institutionalized Chapter Five. Moroccan Sufism in the Marinid Period Chapter Six. An Emplotment of a Paradigmatic Saint: The Career of Muhammad ibn SulaymÁn al Jazuli Chapter Seven. The Ideology of Paradigmatic Sainthood: The Jazfilite Doctrine of the "Muhammadan Way" Chapter Eight. Paradigmatic Sainthood in the Material World: The Jazuliyya and the Rise of the Sharifian State Conclusion. Power and Authority in Moroccan Sainthood Notes Glossary of Technical Terms Selected Bibliography Index

This highly original study explicates brilliantly the doctrinal and metaphysical aspects of premodern Moroccan Sufism and provides a thorough sociological analysis of the cult of saints. - Choice