Alternative Spiritualities
American Sufi
bektashi
Bektashi Order
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contextual theology
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gender in religious leadership
Grand Sheikh
group
Hajji Bektash
idries
Idries Shah
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interfaith dialogue
Islamic mysticism
Jalal Al Din Rumi
Kazan Khanate
khan
Muslim World
Naqshbandi Order
Naqshbandi Sufi
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orders
Pir Vilayat
religious pluralism
Russian Islam
Russian Muslims
shah
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Sheikh Nazim
Sufi adaptation in Western societies
Sufi Heritage
Sufi Leader
Sufi Movements
Sufi Order
Sufi Psychology
Sufi Sheikhs
Sufi Teachers
UK Website
Volga Bulgaria
Western spirituality
whirling
Young Men
Product details
- ISBN 9780415325912
- Weight: 362g
- Dimensions: 138 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 03 Jun 2004
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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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 contextualization of Sufism in the West. It shows that, while more traditional forms of Sufism exist, many radical changes have taken place in this part of the world. For instance, in some groups there are female sheikhs and a far-reaching pluralistic attitude to other religions. Hence Sufism is sometimes seen as something that transcends the boundaries of Islam.
David Westerlund is Professor of Religious Studies at Södertörn University College in Stockholm and teaches also at the Universities of Uppsala and Gavle. His main interests are Islam in Africa and Europe, African indigenous religions and Christian-Muslim relations. He is currently the director of a multi-disciplinary project entitled 'Conflict or Peaceful Co-existence? Contemporary Christian-Muslim Relations'.
