Sufism in an Age of Transition: ʿumar Al-Suhrawardī And the Rise of the Islamic Mystical Brotherhoods

Erscheinungsjahr 2008
ISBN: 978-90-04-16355-3
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 71, 384 Seiten, Format (B × H): 167 mm x 243 mm, Gewicht: 762 g

Reihe: Islamic History and Civilizati

Although the early thirteenth century was a critical period in the development of Sufism, it has received little scholarly attention. Based on heretofore unexplored sources, this book examines a pivotal figure from this period: the scholar, mystic, statesman, and eponym of one of the earliest tariqa lineages, 'Umar al-Suhrawardi. In situating Suhrawardi’s life work in its social, political, and religious contexts, this book suggests that his universalizing Sufi system was not only enmeshed within a broader economy of Muslim religious learning, but also furnished social spaces which allowed for novel modes of participation in Sufi religiosity. In doing so, this book provides a framework for understanding the increasingly ubiquitous presence of intentional Sufi communities and institutions throughout the late-medieval Islamic world.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ohlander, Erik

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islamische Gruppen: Sufis
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Sonstige Religionen Sonstige Religionen: Spiritualität, Mystik
• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam & Islamische Studien
• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam: Spiritualität & Mystik

Über Autor(innen)

Erik S. Ohlander, Ph.D. (2004) in Near Eastern Studies, University of Michigan, is Assistant Professor of Religious studies at Indiana University - Purdue University, Fort Wayne. He has published on Sufism, Qur'anic studies, and medieval Islamic intellectual and social history.