Women in Sufism - Female Religiosities in a Transnational Order

List of contents

1 Introduction 2 A Historical Overview 3 The Budshishiyya Today 4 The Budshishiyya Online 5 Ziyara 6 Ritual 7 Healing 8 Final Caveats 

Summary

The book is a comparative study of the Budshishiyya Order in Morocco and Western Europe. It examines the embodied expressions of Sufism by looking at the ways in which religious discourses are bodily endorsed, by exploring the religious body in movement, in performance and in relation to the social order.

Product details

• Authors: Marta Dominguez Diaz, Marta (St. Gallen University Dominguez Diaz, Dominguez Diaz Marta
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 11.11.2014
• EAN: 9780415741736
• ISBN: 978-0-415-74173-6
• No. of pages: 204
• Series: Routledge Sufi Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; Islam, Cultural Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, RELIGION / Islam / Sufi, Middle East, Religion: general, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies