Hidden or Forbidden, Elected or Rejected: Sufism as ‘Islamic Esotericism'?

The article analyses the background of a popular conception of Sufism as equivalent to ‘Islamic esotericism' by tracing two different but sometimes confluent currents: reifications of Sufism within Western romanticist and modern environments, and the approach to it in Islamic reformist movement...

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Main Author: Sorgenfrei, Simon (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Taylor & Francis 2018
In: Islam and Christian-Muslim relations
Year: 2018, Volume: 29, Issue: 2, Pages: 145-165
Further subjects:B Mevlevi
B Islamic esotericism
B Kucko von Stuckrad
B Bektashi
B Western Esotericism
B Naqshbandi
B Sufism
B Wouter J. Hanegraaff
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