Contemporary Sufism: Piety, Politics, and Popular Culture

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Cover Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Table of Contents List of figures Acknowledgments Introduction 1 Contextualizing the production of knowledge on contemporary Sufism in the West PART I Sufism and anti-Sufism in contemporary contexts 2 Heart or heresy? The historical debate over Sufism’s place in Islam 3 Contesting Sufism today: Contemporary Sufi and anti-Sufi responses PART II Contemporary Sufism in the West: Poetic influences and popular manifestations 4 Sufism in the eyes of the West: Colonialists, Romantics, and Transcendentalists 5 The era of Rumi: Contemporary Sufism and popular culture PART III Gendering Sufism: Tradition and transformation 6 Perfecting the self: Female Sufi saints in Islamic history 7 “Women of light”: Contemporary female Sufi leaders 8 Conclusion: Discourses of authenticity and complementary contradictions in contemporary Sufism Index