Varieties of American Sufism

Elliott Bazzano is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Le Moyne College. Marcia Hermansen , Professor of Theology and Director of Islamic World Studies at Loyola University Chicago, has written extensively on both South Asian and American Sufism, as well as trends in global Islam, including migration and gender studies.

"…this book is an important addition for any scholar or library looking for an overview of Sufism in America, based on the most up-to-date case studies." — Nova Religio"The blend of approaches (historical, ethnographic, documentary, etc.) provides a spectrum of methodologies for the study of Sufism in America." — Martin Nguyen, author of Modern Muslim Theology: Engaging God and the World with Faith and Imagination

• AcknowledgmentsIntroductionMarcia Hermansen1. The Message in Our Time: Changing Faces and Identities of the Inayati Order in AmericaGeneviève Mercier-Dalphond2. The Golden Sufi Center: A Non-Islamic Branch of the Naqshbandiyya-MujaddidiyyaWilliam Rory Dickson3. The Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship: Diverse Identities and Negotiated SpacesMerin Shobhana Xavier4. A Shadhiliyya Sufi Order in America: Traditional Islam Meets American HippiesElliott Bazzano5. The Mevlevi Order of AmericaSimon Sorgenfrei6. From the Balkans to America: The Alami Tariqa in Upstate New YorkJulianne Hazen7. "There is an 'I' deeper than me": The Ansari Qadiri Rifa'I Tariqa and Transcendence in AmericaMelinda Krokus8. When the Divine Flood Reached New York: The Tijani Sufi Order among Black American Muslims in New York CityRasul MillerContributorsIndex