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Book SynopsisSufism in Western Contexts explores both historical trajectories and multiple contemporary manifestations of Islamic mystical movements, ideas, and practices in diverse European, North and South American countries, as well as in Australia – all traditionally non-Muslim regions of the “global West”. From early French and British colonial administrators who admired Persian poetry to nineteenth-century American transcendentalists, followed by South Asian and Middle Eastern immigrant Sufi guides and their movements, expansive and many-faceted expressions of Sufism such as its role in Western esotericism, female whirling dervishes and Rumi cafes, and new articulations in cyberspace, are traced and analyzed by international experts in the field.
Table of ContentsAcknowledgements List of Figures Notes on Contributors Introduction: Sufism in Western Contexts Marcia K. Hermansen and Saeed Zarrabi-Zadeh Part 1: History, Reception, and Modes of Practice 1 Analytic Essay: The Idea of Sufism in the West Gregory A. Lipton and Saeed Zarrabi-Zadeh 2 Sufism and Western Esotericism Patrick D. Bowen 3 Sufism and New Religious Movements Olav Hammer 4 Western Sufi Institutions and Practices Merin Shobhana Xavier 5 Cyber Sufism in the Global West Robert Rozehnal Part 2: Sufism in Regional Contexts 6 Analytic Essay: Sufism in Western Regional Settings Jamal Malik 7 Sufism in Britain Ron Geaves, Ayesha Khan and Amina Khatun 8 Sufism in Latin Europe (France, Spain, Italy) Francesco Piraino and Antonio de Diego González 9 Sufism in German-Speaking Europe (Germany, Austria, German-Speaking Switzerland) Gritt Klinkhammer and Saeed Zarrabi-Zadeh 10 Sufism in the Benelux Countries (Netherlands and Belgium) M. Amer Morgahi 11 Sufism in Scandinavia Simon Stjernholm 12 Sufism in North America William Rory Dickson 13 Sufism in Latin America Mark Sedgwick 14 Sufism in Oceania (Australia and New Zealand) Milad Milani Index
