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Islamic sufism unbound : politics and piety in twenty-first century Pakistan

by Rozehnal, Robert.
Publisher: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009Description: 275 p.ISBN: 9780230618961.Subject(s): Islam | Religious life & practice | Spirituality & religious experience | Religion | Religion - World Religions | History / Asia / India & South Asia | Islam - History | Islam - Sufi | Political Freedom & Security - Terrorism | Political Science / Political Freedom & Security / Terrorism | Political Science : Political Freedom & Security - Terrorism | Religion / Islam / General | Religion / Islam / History | Religion / Islam / Sufi | Religion : Islam - History | Asia - India & South Asia | Non-Christian ReligionsSummary: Against the backdrop of the turbulent social and political landscape of today's Pakistan,�Robert Rozehnal traces the ritual practices and identity politics of a contemporary Sufi order: the Chishti Sabiris.�He does so from multiple perspectives: from the rich Urdu writings of twentieth century Sufi masters, to the complex spiritual life of contemporary disciples and the order's growing transnational networks.�Drawing on new textual and ethnographic research, this multi-dimensional and interdisciplinary study of the Sufi tradition challenges the prevailing models of academic scholarship.
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Against the backdrop of the turbulent social and political landscape of today's Pakistan,�Robert Rozehnal traces the ritual practices and identity politics of a contemporary Sufi order: the Chishti Sabiris.�He does so from multiple perspectives: from the rich Urdu writings of twentieth century Sufi masters, to the complex spiritual life of contemporary disciples and the order's growing transnational networks.�Drawing on new textual and ethnographic research, this multi-dimensional and interdisciplinary study of the Sufi tradition challenges the prevailing models of academic scholarship.

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