Sufism and Early Islamic Piety: Personal and Communal Dynamics (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781108422710)

Sufism and Early Islamic Piety: Personal and Communal Dynamics offers a new story about the formative period of Sufism. Through a fresh reading of diverse Sufi and non-Sufi sources, Arin Shawkat Salamah-Qudsi reveals the complexity of personal and communal aspects of Sufi piety in the period between the ninth and thirteenth centuries. Her study also sheds light on the interrelationships and conflicts of early Sufis through emphasising that early Sufism was neither a quietist or a completely individual mode of piety. Salamah-Qudsi reveals how the early Sufis' commitment to the Islamic ideal of family life lead to different creative arrangements among them in order to avoid contradictions with this ideal and the mystical ideal of solitary life. Her book enables a deeper understanding of the development of Sufism in light of the human concerns and motivations of its founders.

Author: Arin Shawkat Salamah-Qudsi
ISBN-10: 1108422713
ISBN-13: 9781108422710
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 11/08/2018
Pages: 330
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.40lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.30w x 0.90d