Islamic Mysticism Contested

Thirteen Centuries of Controversies and Polemics
Erscheinungsjahr 1999
ISBN: 978-90-04-11300-8
Verlag: Brill Academic Publishers

Buch, Englisch, Band 29, 832 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 1428 g

Reihe: Islamic History and Civilization

Islamic mysticism was contested from the formative period of Islam till the present. Criticism of and opposition to mystical conceptions of Islam and their adherents constitute an integral part of an ongoing debate inside the Islamic tradition. Controversies and polemics concerning Islamic mysticism often shaped and coincided with socio-political configurations.
This volume results from a collective effort by a group of Islamicists and area specialists with a variety of disciplinary orientations to arrive at a comprehensive view of these controversies and polemics wherever and whenever found.
The thirty-five contributions and the introduction are united in their historicising approach, while taking into account the wider socio-political context. Detailed indexes facilitate consultation of the work and give it an added value as work of reference and research tool.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Jong, I.J.F. de

Radtke, Bernd

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Weltgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam & Islamische Studien

Über Autor(innen)

Frederick De Jong is Professor of Islamic Languages and Cultures at Utrecht University.
Bernd Radtke is Associate Professor of Arabic and Persian Studies at Utrecht University.

Both editors have published extensively on Islamic mysticism and Islamic history.