Sufism in Central Asia - New Perspectives on Sufi Traditions, 15th-21st Centuries

The studies in this volume mark a new phase in the development of scholarship on Sufi traditions of Central Asia, expanding and deepening the source base, reconceptualizing basic frameworks for understanding Sufi history, and challenging received assumptions and narratives.

About the author

Devin DeWeese, Ph.D. (1985), Indiana University, is a Professor of Central Eurasian Studies at Indiana University. His publications on the religious history of Islamic Central Asia include Islamization and Native Religion in the Golden Horde (Penn State, 1994).

Jo-Ann Gross, Ph.D. (1982), New York University, is Professor of Middle Eastern and Central Asian History at The College of New Jersey. Her publications on Sufism and shrine culture in Islamic Central Asia include The Letters of Khwaja ʿUbayd Allah Ahrar and his Associates, co-authored with Asom Urunbaev (Brill, 2002).

Product details

• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.08.2018
• EAN: 9789004367876
• ISBN: 978-90-04-36787-6
• No. of pages: 358
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 236 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 612 g
• Series: Handbook of Oriental Studies.
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions