Sufi Institutions

Erscheinungsjahr 2020
ISBN: 978-90-04-38907-6
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 154/1, 442 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 771 g

Reihe: Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 1 The Near and Middle East / Handbook of Sufi Studies

This volume describes the social and practical aspects of Islamic mysticism (Sufism) across centuries and geographical regions. Its authors seek to transcend ethereal, essentialist and “spiritualizing” approaches to Sufism, on the one hand, and purely pragmatic and materialistic explanations of its origins and history, on the other. Covering five topics (Sufism’s economy, social role of Sufis, Sufi spaces, politics, and organization), the volume shows that mystics have been active socio-religious agents who could skillfully adjust to the conditions of their time and place, while also managing to forge an alternative way of living, worshiping and thinking.

Basing themselves on the most recent research on Sufi institutions, the contributors to this volume substantially expand our understanding of the vicissitudes of Sufism by paying special attention to its organizational and economic dimensions, as well as complex and often ambivalent relations between Sufis and the societies in which they played a wide variety of important and sometimes critical roles.

Contributors are Mehran Afshari, Ismail Fajrie Alatas, Semih Ceyhan, Rachida Chih, Nathalie Clayer, David Cook, Stéphane A. Dudoignon, Daphna Ephrat, Peyvand Firouzeh, Nathan Hofer, Hussain Ahmad Khan, Catherine Mayeur-Jaouen, Richard McGregor, Ahmet Yasar Ocak, Alexandre Papas, Luca Patrizi, Paulo G. Pinto, Adam Sabra, Mark Sedgwick, Jean-Jacques Thibon, Knut S. Vikør and Neguin Yavari

Autoren/Hrsg.

Papas, Alexandre

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam: Spiritualität & Mystik
• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam & Islamische Studien

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents

Acknowledgments

List of Figures

Introduction: What Is a Sufi Institution? A Dichotomy in Sufi Studies

Alexandre Papas

Part 1: The Economy of Sufism

1 Economies of Sufism

Adam Sabra

2 Endowments for Sufis and Their Institutions

Nathan Hofer

3 Donations to Sufis and Sufi Institutions

Hussain Ahmad Khan

4 Sufism, Futuwwa, and Professional Guilds

Mehran Afshari

Part 2: Sufi Places and Dwellings

5 Sufi Places and Dwellings

Daphna Ephrat and Paulo G. Pinto

6 Sufi Shrines

Catherine Mayeur-Jaouen

7 Sufi Lodges

Peyvand Firouzeh

8 Sufi Outposts (ribats)

Nathan Hofer

Part 3: The Social Role of Sufis

9 The Social Role of Sufis

Rachida Chih

10 Sufi Altruism

Richard McGregor

11 Sufism, Urbanisation, and Sociability in Cities

Nathalie Clayer

12 Sufis in Rural Environments

Ahmet Yasar Ocak

Part 4: Sufism and Worldly Powers

13 Sufism and Worldly Powers

Alexandre Papas

14 Sufi Terminology of Power

15 Sufis as Court Advisors

Neguin Yavari

16 Sufism, the Army, and Holy War

David Cook

17 Sufi Sultanates and Imamates

Knut S. Vikør

Part 5: The Organisation of Mysticism

18 The Organisation of Mysticism

Mark Sedgwick

19 The First Communities

Jean-Jacques Thibon

20 Sufi Lineages and Families

Ismail Fajrie Alatas

21 Established Sufi Orders

Semih Ceyhan

22 Cyber Sufism

Stéphane A. Dudoignon

Name Index

Place Index

Thematic Index

Über Autor(innen)

Alexandre Papas, Ph.D. (2004) is Senior Research Fellow at the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) in Paris. He has published monographs, collaborative volumes and articles on the history of Sufism, including Thus Spake the Dervish (Brill, 2019).