Popular Sufism in Eastern Europe: Sufi brotherhoods and the dialogue with Christianity and 'heterodoxy'
H.T. Norris
Popular Sufism in Eastern Europe: Sufi brotherhoods and the dialogue with Christianity and 'heterodoxy'
Author
H.T. NorrisPublisher
RoutledgeEdition 1
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Title and Author
Popular Sufism in Eastern Europe: Sufi brotherhoods and the dialogue with Christianity and 'heterodoxy' / H.T. NorrisPublication Details
نیویورک : Routledge، 2006مPhysical Description
xiv, 155 p.; 24 cm.Subject
Sufism - Europe, EasternIslamic sects - Europe, Eastern
Islam Relations Christianity
Christianity and other religions Islam
Language
انگلیسیIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
The geographical setting of popular Sufism in Eastern Europe -- Sufi brotherhoods and the impact of Sufism on national identity within the Balkan Muslim communities -- The Krstjani and the Bosnjaks. the abiding memory of the medieval Bosnian church -- Islamic antinomianism, 'heterodoxy' and Persian Monism in the literature and the thought of the Albanians. The Sufi inspirations of Naim Frashri, Albania's greatest poet -- Popular Sufism in Bulgaria; Demir Baba and the Kizilbash saints, holy places in the Pomak country and in Deli Orman -- The 'heterodox' hero, the mythical Sari Saltik and his many tombs in the Balkans and in Tatar lands -- A description, byJ. de Asboth of a 'zikr' of the howling dervishes which was held in the Sinaniyya 'tekke' in Sarajevo in 1890. Margaret Hasluck's unpublished account of a ?zikr? of the Rifa?iyya brotherhood in the early years of the 20th century -- The Bektashiyya brotherhood, its village communities and inter- religious tensions along the border between Albania and Greek Epirus at the very beginning of the 20th century -- Future prospects for Sufism in the Balkans and the Sufi background of the Crimean Tatars who are returning to their historic homeland