Sufi heirs of the Prophet : the Indian Naqshbandiyya and the rise of the mediating sufi shaykh /
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| Author / Creator: | Buehler, Arthur F. |
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| Imprint: | Columbia : University of South Carolina Press, c1998. |
| Description: | xxvii, 312 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Studies in comparative religion Studies in comparative religion (Columbia, S.C.) |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4544531 |
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.
