Modern Sufis and the State - The Politics of Islam in South Asia and Beyond

Summary

In recent years, Sufism has been held up as a supposedly peaceful alternative to forms of Islam associated with violence, an embodiment of tolerance and pluralism. Modern Sufism and the State brings together a range of scholars, including anthropologists, historians, and religious-studies specialists, to challenge common assumptions.

Product details

• Authors: Katherine Pratt Corbett Ewing
• Assisted by: Rosemary R. Corbett (Editor), Katherine Pratt Ewing (Editor), Ewing Katherine Pratt (Editor)
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.07.2020
• EAN: 9780231195744
• ISBN: 978-0-231-19574-4
• No. of pages: 360
• Series: Religion, Culture, and Public Life
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; RELIGION / Religion, Politics & State, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Islamic Studies, RELIGION / Islam / Sufi, Islamic Studies, Religion & politics, Religion and Politics, Relating to Islamic / Muslim people and groups, Social groups: religious groups and communities, Sufism & Islamic Mysticism, Islamic groups: Sufis, religion; Islamic studies