Sufism in Europe : Islam, Esotericism and the New Age (Advances in the Study of Islam)

Piraino, Francesco

Edinburgh University Press（2024/07発売）

Edinburgh University Press（2024/07発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 392 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781399536097
• DDC分類 297.4

Full Description

Sufism, the spiritual, mystical, and esoteric dimension of Islam, is experiencing a renewal in the 21st century. Charismatic Sufi masters have been able to revitalise their language, attracting new disciples and going beyond their cultural-geographic framework. This book describes the development of Sufism in Western Europe, particularly in France and Italy, through extended empirical research based on participant observation in four Sufi orders. The author illustrates the different forms of hybridisation between the Islamic-Sufi tradition and Western esoteric discourses, in particular the Guenonian-Traditionalist and the New Age discourse. These hybridisations often involve the creation of new doctrines, rituals, and organizational structures, and produce different universalist discourses, which imply different Sufi politics in Europe, such as a lack of interest due to an imminent eschatology, civic engagement, and metapolitical elitism.

Contents

Foreword by Mark Sedgwick

Introduction

Sufism as Mysticism - Scientia Experimentalis and as Discursive Tradition - Sacra Doctrina
Sufi Pioneers in Europe
Qādiriyya Būdshīshiyya
Shādiliyya Darqāwiyya ʿAlāwiyya
The Naqshbandiyya-Ḥaqqāniyya
Aḥmadiyya-Idrīsiyya Shādhiliyya

Conclusions
Epilogue
Bibliographical references
Glossary