Book Series in Middle East Studies
Routledge Sufi Series
New & Published Titles:
Morals and Mysticism in Persian Sufism
A History of Sufi-Futuwwat in Iran
Sufism is often understood to be the mystical dimension of Islam, and many works have focused on the nature of "mystical experiences" and the relationship…
read moreMay 2010 | Hardback: 978-0-415-54434-4 (Routledge)
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Indian Sufism since the Seventeenth Century
Saints, Books and Empires in the Muslim Deccan
Sufism is often regarded as standing mystically aloof from its wider cultural settings. By turning this perspective on its head, Indian Sufism since the Seventeenth…
read more2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-54988-2 (Routledge)
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Sufis in Western Society
Global networking and locality
In recent years Sufism has undergone something of a revival as a spiritual alternative to other manifestations of Islam. This book investigates the development of…
read more2009 | Hardback: 978-0-415-45711-8 (Routledge)
The Naqshbandiyya
Orthodoxy and Activism in a Worldwide Sufi Tradition
The Naqshbandiyya is one of the most widespread and influential Sufi orders in the Muslim world. Having its origins in the Great Masters tradition of… read more2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-48992-8 (Routledge)
Popular Sufism in Eastern Europe
Sufi Brotherhoods and the Dialogue with Christianity and 'Heterodoxy'
This is a detailed description of the various Sufi orders and movements which entered into the Balkans, the Crimean peninsula and other parts of Eastern… read more2006 | Hardback: 978-0-415-29755-4 (Routledge)
Sufi Castigator
Ahmad Kasravi and the Iranian Mystical Tradition
Sufi Castigator investigates the writings of Ahmad Kasravi, one of the foremost intellectuals in Iran. It studies his work within the context of Sufism in…
read more2006 | Hardback: 978-0-415-31635-4 (Routledge)
Early Mystics in Turkish Literature
This book is a translation of one of the most important Turkish scholarly works of the twentieth century. It was the masterpiece of M.F. Koprulu,…
read more2006 | Hardback: 978-0-415-36686-1 (Routledge)
Sufi Visionary of Ottoman Damascus
'Abd al-Ghani al-Nabulusi, 1641-1731
'Abd al-Ghani al-Nabulusi (1641 to1731) was the most outstanding scholarly Sufi of Ottoman Syria. He was regarded as the leading religious poet of his time… read more2005 | Hardback: 978-0-415-34165-3 (Routledge)
A Psychology of Early Sufi Samâ`
Listening and Altered States
Avery explores the psychology of altered states among the early Sufis. It examines samâ` - listening to ritual recitation, music and certain other aural phenomena…
read more2004 | Hardback: 978-0-415-31106-9 (Routledge)
Muslim Saints of South Asia
The Eleventh to Fifteenth Centuries
This book studies the veneration practices and rituals of the Muslim saints. It outlines principal trends of the main Sufi orders in India, the profiles… read more2004 | Hardback: 978-0-415-31764-1 (Routledge)
Series Details:
The Routledge Sufi Series provides short introductions to a variety of facets of the subject, which are accessible both to the general reader and the student and scholar in the field. Each book will be either a synthesis of existing knowledge or a distinct contribution to, and extension of, knowledge of the particular topic. The two major underlying principles of the Series are sound scholarship and readability.
Forthcoming Titles:
Perspectives on Early Islamic Mysticism: The World of al-Hak'm al-Tirmidh and his Contemporaries
By Sara Sviri
To be published January 1st 2011
Spiritual Purification and Islam: The Life and Works of al-Muhasibi
By Gavin Picken
To be published December 1st 2010