Sufism category: 358 books
by Dr. Ronald Grisell
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2012
TITLE: Sufism AUTHOR: Dr. Ronald Grisell DESCRIPTION: This is an excellent overview of the Persian lineage and practice of Sufism.
BACKCOVER: Presented in an easy-to-read format, Sufism not only gives a detailed account of the major practices of Sufism but also traces the development and...
Sufism
The Essentials
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2003
For more than a millennium, Sufism has been the core of the spiritual experience of countless Muslims. As the chief mystical tradition of Islam, it has helped to shape the history of Islamic societies. Although it is the Sufi face of Islam that has often appealed to Westerners, Sufis and Sufism remain...
by Shaykh Fadhlalla Haeri
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 1990
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 1990
NOTE: This book has also been published under the title, "The Thoughtful Guide to Sufism".
Sufism is the heart of Islam. This introduction to Sufism describes its origins and practices, its historical background and its spread throughout the world. The Elements of Sufism explains:...
Western Sufism
From the Abbasids to the New Age
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2016
Western Sufism is sometimes dismissed as a relatively recent "new age" phenomenon, but in this book Mark Sedgwick argues that it has deep roots, both in the Muslim world and in the West. In fact, although the first significant Western Sufi organization was not established until 1915, the first Western...
Grand Masters of Sufism, Abdul Qadir Geylani and Ahmed er Rifai (Annotated)
Secret of Secrets and Guidance to Mysticism
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2013
Grand Masters of Sufism brings together in one volume two paramount texts from two of the most influential shaykhs in the history of Sufism. Abdul Qadir Geylani and Ahmed er Rifai were cousins who lived contemporaneously. They separately embraced personal missions to teach tasawwuf, a method of spiritual...
Sufism and Jewish-Muslim Relations
The Derekh Avraham Order in Israel
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2016
In Israel there are Jews and Muslims who practice Sufism together. The Sufi’ activities that they take part in together create pathways of engagement between two faith traditions in a geographical area beset by conflict.
Sufism and Jewish Muslim Relations investigates this practice of Sufism...
by John Renard
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2015
The most broadly accepted explanation of Sufism is the etymological derivation of the term from the Arabic for “wool,” ṣūf, associating practitioners with a preference for poor, rough clothing. This explanation clearly identifies Sufism with ascetical practice and the importance of manifesting...
Sufism and the Way of Blame
Hidden Sources of a Sacred Psychology
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2012
Gold Winner of the 2012 Benjamin Franklin Award and the 2012 Independent Publisher Book Award!
This is a definitive book on the Sufi “way of blame” that addresses the cultural life of Sufism in its entirety. Originating in ninth-century Persia, the “way of blame” (Arab. malamatiyya)...
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by Al-Qushayri
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2015
Mizan Press is pleased to announce the publication of the first English translation from the Risala, the famous compendium of Sufi knowledge and practice by al-Qushayri (d. 1072). Principles of Sufism includes all sections of the Risala concerning the fundamental principles of Sufism; it omits only the...
Outline of Sufism
The Essentials of Islamic Spirituality
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2012
Followed by many millions of Muslims throughout the world, Sufism is the heart of Islamic spirituality. However, not only is there still in the West a widespread ignorance of Islam and Sufism, there is also, thanks to the “Islamic” terrorists, a widespread hostility. This book offers a succinct,...
The Other Islam
Sufism and the Road to Global Harmony
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2008
This eye-opening, insightful exploration of Sufism, the spiritual tradition that has supported Islam for more than a thousand years, shows why it offers a promising foundation for reconciliation between the Western and Muslim worlds.
Many Americans today identify Islam with maniacal hatred...
Sufis and Anti-Sufis
The Defence, Rethinking and Rejection of Sufism in the Modern World
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2014
Despite its continuing appeal in the Muslim world, Sufism has faced fierce challenges in the last 250 years. This volume assesses the evolution of anti-Sufism since the middle of the eighteenth century and Sufi strategies for survival. It also considers the efforts of a few significant Muslim intellectuals...
Sufism
Principles and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2015
There can be few topics in the religious and intellectual history of Islam that have aroused as much controversy and misunderstanding as Sufism. This is due partly to the multiform and elusive nature of Sufism itself and partly to the profusion of false claimants to Sufism, particularly in recent times....
by Gregory Blann
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2015
The Garden of Mystic Love: The Origin and Formation of the Great Sufi Orders is Volume I of a history of Sufism from the time of the Prophet Muhammad to the beginning of the 20th-century, with an emphasis on the Turkish Sufi legacy and the path of the Halveti-Jerrahi Order. Written from a Sufi perspective,...