This study reveals the world of Sufi ritual with particular reference to two major Sufi orders. It examines the ritual and practices of these orders and surveys their organisation and hierarchy, initiation ceremonies, and aspects of their liturgy such as dhikr (litany) and sama (mystical concert). Comparisons are made with the five pillars of Islam (arkan), and the Sufi rituals, together with the arkan, are examined from the perspective of theology, phenomenology, anthropology and semiotics. The work concludes with an examination of the Sufi in the context of alienation. This is a major work which highlights the importance of Sufi ritual and locates it within the broader domain of the Islamic world.
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- The Sufi Orders in Islam by J. Spencer Trimingham on 19 pages
- A Popular Dictionary of Islam by Ian Richard Netton on 13 pages
- In the Paradise of the Sufis by Javad Nurbakhsh on 12 pages
- A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic on 8 pages
- Vision of Islam (Visions of Reality) by Sachiko Murata on 7 pages
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- The Book and the Roses: Sufi Women, Visibility and Zikr in Contemporary Istanbul (In Association with the Swedish Research Institute in Istanbul) by Catharina Raudvere on page 22, and Back Matter
- No god but God: The Origins, Evolution, and Future of Islam by Reza Aslan in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- A Psychology of Early Sufi Samâ`: Listening and Altered States (Routledge Sufi Series) by Kenneth S. Avery on page 9
- The Arab Diaspora: Voices of an Anguished Scream (Routledge Advances in Middle East and Islamic Studies) by Zahia Smail Salhi in Front Matter
- Indian Sufism since the Seventeenth Century: Saints, Books and Empires in the Muslim Deccan (Routledge Sufi Series) by Nile Green in Front Matter
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