This book presents an overview of the Sufi political tradition, both historically and currently. It outlines how Sufi thought has developed and how it has been presented. It shows... Læs mere
This book explores how Sufis approach their faith as Muslims, upholding an Islamic worldview, but going about making sense of their religion through the world in which they exist, often in unexpected ways.
'Sufism in the Secret History of Persia' explores the place of Sufi mysticism in Iran's intellectual and spiritual consciousness through traditional and contemporary Sufi thinkers and writers.
This book argues that Islam is at risk of losing itself through the process of modernity. It is ironically the lessons of modernity that can save it: a return to origins without a negation of meaning and embracing the project of hermeneutics with deference for the classics.