Spiritual wayfarers, leaders in piety: Sufis and the dissemination of Islam in medieval Palestine

Inhalt: Beginnings -- Setting the stage -- Typical ascetic piety and diversity -- Early role models -- The wayfaring elite -- The genesis of the Sufi circle -- Integration -- Building bridges -- Profiles of Sufi traditionalists -- The Sufi jurist -- The moral guide and the birth of the local congreg...

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Published in:Harvard middle eastern monographs
Main Author: Efrat, Dafnah 1955- (Author)
Corporate Author: Harvard University Press (Distributor)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts Harvard Center for Middle Eastern Studies [2008]
In: Harvard middle eastern monographs (40)
Series/Journal:Harvard middle eastern monographs 40
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Palestine / Sufism / Ulama / History 1000-1600
Further subjects:B Sufism (Palestine) History
B Sufism Palestine History
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Summary:Inhalt: Beginnings -- Setting the stage -- Typical ascetic piety and diversity -- Early role models -- The wayfaring elite -- The genesis of the Sufi circle -- Integration -- Building bridges -- Profiles of Sufi traditionalists -- The Sufi jurist -- The moral guide and the birth of the local congregation -- The role of the mosque -- The advent of the Sufi establishment -- Expansion -- Diffusing the tradition -- The charismatic shaykh -- Authority and following -- Lodge and tomb -- Conclusion -- Epilogue
Item Description:Literaturverzeichnis Seite 202-281
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ISBN:0674032012