Sacred Spaces and Transnational Networks in American Sufism

Bawa Muhaiyaddeen and Contemporary Shrine Cultures

AvMerin Shobhana Xavier,Kambiz Ghaneabassiri

Inbunden, Engelska, 2018

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This book sheds light on the Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship (BMF), one of North America's major Sufi movements, and one of the first to establish a Sufi shrine in the region. It provides the first comprehensive overview of the BMF, offering new insight into its historical development and practices, and charting its establishment in both the United States and Sri Lanka. Through ethnographic research, Sacred Spaces and Transnational Networks in American Sufism shows that the followers of Bawa in the United States and Sri Lanka share far more similarities in the relationships they formed with spaces, Bawa, and Sufism, than differences. This challenges the accepted conceptualization of Sufism in North America as having a distinct “Americanness”, and prompts scholars to re-consider how Sufism is developing in the modern American landscape, as well as globally.The book focuses on the transnational spaces and ritual activities of Bawa’s communities, mapping parallel shrines and pilgrimages. It examines the roles of culture, religion, and gender and their impact on ritual embodiment, drawing attention to the global range of a Sufi community through engagement with its distinct Muslim, Hindu, Jewish, and Christian followers.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2018-03-22
Mått:158 x 236 x 20 mm
Vikt:580 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Islam of the Global West
Antal sidor:280
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN:9781350024458

Utforska kategorier

Antropologi inom Samhälle och politik
Islam inom Filosofi och religion
Religion: allmänt inom Filosofi och religion

Mer om författaren

Merin Shobhana Xavier is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Ithaca College, New York, USA.

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This highly recommended study would work well at both the undergraduate and graduate levels in courses focusing on Sufism, method and theory in the study of religion, new religious movements, globalized religions, comparative spirituality, religion and immigration, and charismatic spiritual leaders.

Innehållsförteckning

Acknowledgments List of ImagesIntroduction 1, Charting Bawa’s Ministries from Jaffna to Pennsylvania 2.From the Ashram to Mankumban: Everyday Practices amongst Bawa’s Sri Lankan Followers 3. From the Masjid to the Mazar: Rituals and Spaces in the American Fellowship 4. Women in Bawa’s Ministries from Jaffna to Pennsylvania 5. Swami to Qutb: Bawa as al-Insan al-Kamil Conclusion Notes BibliographyIndex