Author: Ernst, Carl W.; Lawrence, Bruce B.
Title: Sufi Martyrs of Love: The Chishti Order in South Asia and Beyond.
Description: New York Palgrave Macmillan, 2002. Paperback octavo, very good plus condition, few black & white & text-photos, map, minimal edgewear. 241 pp. Sufism is the mystical branch of Islam. Carl Ernst and Bruce Lawrence provide access to the voices of Sufi authorities through the translation of texts being offered in English for the first time (particularly the Chishti Order in India and neighboring countries). It also offers a critical perspective on Western attitudes toward Islam and Sufism, confronts the prejudices of academics and the media, and clarifies the contemporary importance of Sufism from Asia to America. ISBN: 1403960275

Keywords: transpersonal, mysticism, middle east, islam, sufism, asia 1403960275


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