Merin Shobhana Xavier

The Dervishes of the North

Rumi, Whirling, and the Making of Sufism in Canada

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The Dervishes of the North traces the legacy of the thirteenth-century Muslim mystic and poet, Jalal al-Din Rumi, and examines contemporary Sufism in Canada.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. April 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 9g
• ISBN-13: 9781487545451
• ISBN-10: 1487545452
• Artikelnr.: 63660050

Autorenporträt

Merin Shobhana Xavier is an assistant professor of religion and diaspora at Queen’s University.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. Sufi Communities in Canada
2. Sama‘, Shab-i ‘arus, and Rituals of Remembrance
3. The Politics of Consumption: The Aesthetic and Cultural Expressions of
Rumi
4. Gender Dynamics in Sufi Rituals, Praxis, and Authority
Epilogue
Bibliography