Sufi Institutions

This handbook describes the social and economic underpinnings of Islamic mysticism across centuries and geographical regions, paying special attention to the institutional dimensions of Sufism and complex relations between Sufis and the societies in which they played a wide variety of important roles.

About the author

Alexandre Papas, Ph.D. (2004) is Senior Research Fellow at the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) in Paris. He has published monographs, collaborative volumes and articles on the history of Sufism, including Thus Spake the Dervish (Brill, 2019).

Product details

• Assisted by: Alexandre Papas (Editor)
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 10.12.2020
• EAN: 9789004389076
• ISBN: 978-90-04-38907-6
• No. of pages: 458
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 236 mm x 30 mm
• Weight: 771 g
• Series: Handbook of Oriental Studies.
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions