Shi'i Islam and Sufism : Classical Views and Modern Perspectives /: Classical Views and Modern Perspectives. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Denis Hermann, Mathieu Terrier.
• Editors: Hermann, Denis; Terrier, Mathieu
• Contents: IntroductionChapter I. 'Classical Views and New Perspectives on Imami Shi'ism and Sufism Relations in Pre-Modern and Modern Periods', Denis Hermann, Institut Français de Recherche en Iran, Iran; and Mathieu Terrier, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, France First Part: Alternative to anti-Sufi Discourses in Shi'i Pre-Modern and Modern LiteratureChapter II. 'Defense of Sufism among Twelver Shi'i thinkers of the Pre-Modern and Modern Era: Topics and Arguments', Mathieu Terrier, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, FranceChapter III. 'The Limits of 'Orthodoxy'?: Notes on the Anti-Abu Muslim Polemic of Early 11th/17th Iran', Andrew Newman, University of Edinburgh, UK Second Part: The Social History of a Shi'i-Sufi Brotherhood : The Ni'matullahiyya Chapter IV. 'The Ni'mat'ullahi Order in the Fifteenth Century: Institutionalisation and Patronage of Architecture', Peyvand Firoozeh, Wissenschaft Koleg, GermanyChapter V. 'The Mujaddid and the Majdhub. Shah 'Ali Rida (d. 1801) and the Different Narratives of the Ni'matullahi Renewal', Fabrizio Speziale, University Sorbonne nouvelle - Centre national de la recherche scientifique, FranceChapter VI. 'The institutionalisation of Ni'matullahi Sufism during the Pahlavi era: a study of the establishment of the Husayniyya Amir Sulaymani as a waqf in Tehran', Denis Hermann, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, France; and Omid Rezai, Sazman-i Awqaf wa Umur-i Khayriyya, IranChapter VII. 'Hidden in Plain Sight: Secrecy, Occultation and the Cultivation of Private Archives', Seema Golestaneh, Indiana University, Bloomington, USA Third Part: The Relations between Shi'ism and Sufism in other Literary Sufi Traditions Chapter VIII. 'Sufism and Shi'ism in South Asia: shahadat and the evidence of the sindhi marsiya', Michel Boivin, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, FranceChapter IX. 'Red Sulphur, Great Remedy, and the Supreme Name: Perceptions of the People of the House (Ahl al-Bayt) and Twelve Imams in Alevi-Bektashi Faith', Riza Yildirim, University of Ankara, TurkeyChapter X. 'The Khaksar Sufi Shi'i order: an updated introduction', Alexandre Papas, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, FranceChapter XI. ''Ajam Sufis and Shi'i Spirituality in 19th Century Iran', Lloyd Ridgeon, University of Glasgow, UKChapter XII. Two Khaksar treatises of the XIXth century (translated from Persian): Risala-yi faqiriye ('The Booklet of Poverty'), translated by Mehrdad Arabestani, University of Tehran, IranRisala-yi Chahardah Khanavadah ('The Fourteen Families'), translated by Yaser Mirdamadi, University of Edinburgh, UKBibliographyIndex.
• Publisher Details: London : I.B. Tauris
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource (392 pages)
• Subjects: Islamic life & practice; Islamic studies; Islamic theology; Middle Eastern history; Sufism & Islamic mysticism; History -- Middle East -- General; Religion -- Islam -- History; Religion -- Islam -- Shi'a; Religion -- Islam -- Sufi; Social Science -- Islamic Studies; Islam
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780755602308; 0755602307
• Related ISBNs: 9780755602278
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