Western Sufism: from the Abbasids to the new age

In this work, Mark Sedgwick shows that Western Sufism is not a recent phenomenon of the 'new age' but rather is rooted in a series of intercultural transfers between the Muslim world and the West starting in the Middle Ages, and in centuries of later Western intellectual history.

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Main Author: Sedgwick, Mark 1960- (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Oxford Oxford University Press 2016
In:Year: 2016
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Sufism / Reception / Western world / History
RelBib Classification:AZ New religious movements
BJ Islam
Further subjects:B Sufism North America History
B Mysticism
B Sufism Europe History
B Mysticism History
B Mysticism Islam History
B Sufism History
B Neoplatonism
B Sufism
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)
Parallel Edition:Non-electronic
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Summary:In this work, Mark Sedgwick shows that Western Sufism is not a recent phenomenon of the 'new age' but rather is rooted in a series of intercultural transfers between the Muslim world and the West starting in the Middle Ages, and in centuries of later Western intellectual history.
ISBN:0190622709
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199977642.001.0001