Sufism: the formative period

This book is a comprehensive historical overview of the formative period of Sufism, the major mystical tradition in Islam, from the ninth to the twelfth century CE. Based on a fresh reading of the primary sources and integrating the findings of recent scholarship on the subject, the author presents...

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1. VerfasserIn: Karamustafa, Ahmet T. 1956- (VerfasserIn)
Medienart: Elektronisch Buch
Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: Edinburgh Edinburgh University Press c2007
In:Jahr: 2007
Rezensionen:[Rezension von: Karamustafa, Ahmet T., Sufism: The Formative Period] (2007) (Ambrosio, Alberto Fabio, 1971 -)
Schriftenreihe/Zeitschrift:The new Edinburgh Islamic surveys
weitere Schlagwörter:B Islam History
B Sufism History
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Zusammenfassung:This book is a comprehensive historical overview of the formative period of Sufism, the major mystical tradition in Islam, from the ninth to the twelfth century CE. Based on a fresh reading of the primary sources and integrating the findings of recent scholarship on the subject, the author presents a unified narrative of Sufism's historical development within an innovative analytical framework. Karamustafa gives a new account of the emergence of mystical currents in Islam during the ninth century and traces the rapid spread of Iraq-based Sufism to other regions of the Islamic world and its fus
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:0748619186