{"product_id":"sufi-heirs-of-the-prophet-arthur-buehler-9781570037832","title":"Sufi Heirs of the Prophet: The Indian Naqshbandiyya and the Rise of the Mediating Sufi Shaykh","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn examination of the sources and evolution of personal authority in one Islamic society\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSufi Heirs of the Prophet\u003c\/i\u003e explores the multifaceted development of personal authority in Islamic societies by tracing the transformation of one mystical sufi lineage in colonial India, the Naqshbandiyya. Arthur F. Buehler isolates four sources of personal authority evident in the practices of the Naqshbandiyya--lineage, spiritual traveling, status as a Prophetic exemplar, and the transmission of religious knowledge--to demonstrate how Muslim religious leaders have exercised charismatic leadership through their association with the most compelling of personal Islamic symbols, the Prophet Muhammad. Buehler clarifies the institutional structure of sufism, analyzes overlapping configurations of personal sufi authority, and details how and why revivalist Indian Naqshbandis abandoned spiritual practices that had sustained their predecessors for more than five centuries. He looks specifically at the role of Jama'at 'Ali Shah (d. 1951) to explain current Naqshbandi practices.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Arthur F. Buehler\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1570037833\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781570037832\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of South Carolina Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/28\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 344\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.11lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.77d","brand":"Arthur F. Buehler","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43939690316031,"sku":"9781570037832","price":32.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_d69b7410-1953-4567-a0e1-a8f4b6105ea6.jpg?v=1681442945","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/sufi-heirs-of-the-prophet-arthur-buehler-9781570037832","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}