Sufi heirs of the Prophet : the Indian Naqshbandiyya and the rise of the mediating sufi shaykh /
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Language: | English Hindi |
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Columbia :
University of South Carolina Press,
©1998.
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| Series: | Studies in comparative religion (Columbia, S.C.)
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| Online Access: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctv2z5511v |
Table of Contents:
- Foreword / Annemarie Schimmel
- 1. Patterns of Sufi Religious Authority
- 2. From Teaching-Shaykh to Directing-Shaykh
- 3. The Naqshbandiyya in India from Their Foundation to the Colonial Period
- 4. Genealogy as a Source of Authority
- 5. Spiritual Travel as a Source of Authority
- 6. Bonding the Heart with the Shaykh
- 7. From Initiation to Shaykhdom
- 8. Mediational Sufism and Revivalist Currents in British Colonial India
- 9. Redefining the Shaykh's Role in the Naqshbandi Sufi Tradition
- 10. The Role of the Naqshbandi Sufi in Pakistan
- App. 1. Written Sources for Spiritual Exercises
- App. 2. Mujaddidi Contemplations
- App. 3. The Intentions Guiding the Disciple through the Mujaddidi Contemplations
- App. 4. Examples of Teaching Certificates.