{"product_id":"sufism-in-ottoman-damascus","title":"Sufism in Ottoman Damascus","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSufism in Ottoman Damascus \u003c\/em\u003eanalyzes thaumaturgical beliefs and practices prevalent among Muslims in eighteenth-century Ottoman Syria. The study focuses on historical beliefs in \u003ci\u003ebaraka\u003c\/i\u003e, which religious authorities often interpreted as Allah’s grace, and the alleged Sufi-ulamaic role in distributing it to Ottoman subjects.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book highlights considerable overlaps between Sufis and ʿulamā’ with state appointments in early modern Province of Damascus, arguing for the possibility of sociologically defining a Muslim priestly sodality, a group of religious authorities and wonder-workers responsible for Sunni orthodoxy in the Ottoman Empire. The Sufi-ʿulamā’ were integral to Ottoman networks of the holy, networks of grace that comprised of hallowed individuals, places, and natural objects.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSufism in Ottoman Damascus \u003c\/em\u003esheds new light on the appropriate scholarly approach to historical studies of Sufism in the Ottoman Empire, revising its position in official early modern versions of Ottoman Sunnism. This book further reapproaches early modern Sunni beliefs in wonders and wonder-working, as well as the relationship between religion, thaumaturgy, and magic in Ottoman Sunni Islam, historical themes comparable to other religions and other parts of the world.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54238419911000,"sku":"9781032497976","price":179.8,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781032497976.jpg?v=1768382119","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/sufism-in-ottoman-damascus","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}