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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1. VerfasserIn: Sorgenfrei, Simon (VerfasserIn)
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: Taylor & Francis 2018
In: Islam and Christian-Muslim relations
Jahr: 2018, Band: 29, Heft: 2, Seiten: 145-165
weitere Schlagwörter: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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Zusammenfassung: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 movements. A further aim is to nuance and problematize such understandings, making use of examples from both historical and contemporary Sufism. Finally, the article briefly discusses possible pros and cons related to the interbreeding of Islamic Studies and the academic studies of Western esotericism.
ISSN:1469-9311
Enthält:Enthalten in: Islam and Christian-Muslim relations
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/09596410.2018.1437945