Sufism in Europe and North America

by Westerlund,David

• ISBN13: 9780415325912
• ISBN10: 0415325919
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-08-13
• Publisher: RoutledgeCurzon

Summary

Today there is a substantial and rapidly growing Muslim population in Europe and North America. Here, as elsewhere, many of the Muslims are Sufis. This book focuses mainly on issues of inculturation or contextualisation of Sufism in the West. It shows that, while more traditional forms of Sufism exist too, many radical changes have taken place in this part of the world. For instance, there are in some groups female sheikhs and a far-reaching pluralistic attitude to other religions. Hence Sufism is sometimes seen as something that transcends the boundaries of Islam

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Notes on contributors	ix
1 Introduction: Inculturating and transcending Islam	1	(12)
DAVID WESTERLUND
2 The contextualisation of Sufism in Europe	13	(23)
DAVID WESTERLUND
3 What's American about American Sufi movements?	36	(28)
MARCIA HERMANSEN
4 Sufism in Russia: Nostalgia for Revelation	64	(31)
RAVIL BUKHARAEV
5 Sufism bridging East and West: The case of the Bektashis	95	(14)
THOMAS McELWAIN
6 Sufi charisma on the Internet	109	(18)
GARBI SCHMIDT
7 Sufism for Westerners	127	(17)
OLAV HAMMER
8 From Celts to Kaaba: Sufism in Glastonbury	144	(13)
IAN K.B. DRAPER
Select bibliography	157	(5)
INGVAR SVANBERG
Index	162