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Sufism and early Islamic piety : personal and communal dynamics

Qudsī, ʻArīn Shawkat Salāmah, author

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Sufism and Early Islamic Piety: Personal and Communal Dynamics offers a new story about the formative period of Sufism. Through a fresh reading of diverse Sufi and non-Sufi sources, Arin Salamah-Qudsi reveals the complexity of personal and communal aspects of Sufi piety in the period between the ninth and thirteenth centuries. Her study also sheds light on the interrelationships and conflicts of early Sufis through emphasising that early Sufism was neither a quietist or a completely individual mode of piety. Salamah-Qudsi reveals how the early Sufis' commitment to the Islamic ideal of family life lead to different creative arrangements among them in order to avoid contradictions with this ideal and the mystical ideal of solitary life. Her book enables a deeper understanding of the development of Sufism in light of the human concerns and motivations of its founders -- Cambridge University Press website.

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Subject: Sufis Family relationships. / Sufis Social conditions. / Sufism History.
• ISBN: 9781108422710, 1108422713

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
BP189.2.Q75 2019	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE