Varieties of American Sufism

Islam, Sufi Orders, and Authority in a Time of Transition

Inbunden, Engelska, 2020

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Participant-observation-based studies that explore a range of Sufi movements operating across the contemporary American religious landscape.From Rumi poetry and Sufi dancing or whirling, to expressions of Africanicity and the forging of transnational bonds to remote locations in Senegal, Sri Lanka, and Turkey, Varieties of American Sufism immerses the reader in diverse expressions of contemporary Sufi religiosity in the United States. It spans more than a century of political, cultural, and embodied relationships with Islam and Muslims. American encounters with mystical Islam were initiated by a romantic quest for Oriental wisdom, flourished in the embrace of Eastern teachings during the countercultural era of New Age religion, were concretized due to late twentieth-century possibilities of travel and immigration to and from Muslim societies, and are now diffused through an explosion of cyber religion in an age of globalization. This collection of in-depth, participant-observation-based studies challenges expectations of uniformity and continuity while provoking stimulating reflection on a range of issues relevant to contemporary Islamic Studies, American religions, multireligious belonging, and new religious movements.

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Utgivningsdatum2020-08-01
Mått152 x 229 x 22 mm
Vikt508 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor302
FörlagState University of New York Press
ISBN9781438477916

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AcknowledgmentsIntroductionMarcia Hermansen1. The Message in Our Time: Changing Faces and Identities of the Inayati Order in AmericaGeneviève Mercier-Dalphond2. The Golden Sufi Center: A Non-Islamic Branch of the Naqshbandiyya-MujaddidiyyaWilliam Rory Dickson3. The Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship: Diverse Identities and Negotiated SpacesMerin Shobhana Xavier4. A Shadhiliyya Sufi Order in America: Traditional Islam Meets American HippiesElliott Bazzano5. The Mevlevi Order of AmericaSimon Sorgenfrei6. From the Balkans to America: The Alami Tariqa in Upstate New YorkJulianne Hazen7. "There is an 'I' deeper than me": The Ansari Qadiri Rifa'I Tariqa and Transcendence in AmericaMelinda Krokus8. When the Divine Flood Reached New York: The Tijani Sufi Order among Black American Muslims in New York CityRasul MillerContributorsIndex

"…this book is an important addition for any scholar or library looking for an overview of Sufism in America, based on the most up-to-date case studies." — Nova Religio"The blend of approaches (historical, ethnographic, documentary, etc.) provides a spectrum of methodologies for the study of Sufism in America." — Martin Nguyen, author of Modern Muslim Theology: Engaging God and the World with Faith and Imagination