دانلود کتاب Varieties of American Sufism: Islam, Sufi Orders, and Authority in a Time of Transition

Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Sufism and Islam
A Brief History of Sufism
Historical Overview of the Development of American Sufism
Mapping Diversity across American Sufi Movements
Perennial Sufism
Hybrid Sufi Movements
Authenticity Sufism, 1995–2010
Sufism and American Islam Since 2010: From Authenti‘fiqh’ation to Affect
Chapters in this Volume
Chapter Summaries
Notes
References
Cited Websites
1 The Message in Our Time: Changing Faces and Identities of the Inayati Order in America
The “Delocalization” and “Relocalization” of the Inayati Order
Historical Overview of the Founder
The New Age Years
The Globalizing Phase of the Inayati Order
Conclusion
Notes
References
2 The Golden Sufi Center: A Non-Islamic Branch of the Naqshbandiyya-Mujaddidiyya
Introduction
The Naqshbandiyya-Mujaddidiyya
Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee and the Golden Sufi Center
Legitimating Authority: Connecting to the Prophet
The Golden Sufi Center and the Naqshbandi Sufi Path
Conclusion: Rethinking Contemporary Sufism
Notes
References
3 The Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship: Diverse Identities and Negotiated Spaces
Introduction
Methodology
The Arrival of Bawa to America
From the Masjid to the Mazar
The Authority of Bawa
The Teachings of Bawa
The Practices of the Fellowship
Conclusion
Notes
References
4 A Shadhiliyya Sufi Order in America: Traditional Islam Meets American Hippies
Encountering Shadhili Sufis
What Is Shadhili Sufism?
American Shadhilis
Shaykh al-Jamal’s American Students
Al-Jamal’s Life and Teachings
On the Relationship of Sufism and Islam
Institutional Structure
Community
Spiritual Practices
al-Wird
Dhikr
Al-Wazifa al-Shadhiliyya
Khalwa
Writing Out Shaykh al-Jamal’s Books
The Healing School
Future of the Order
Notes
References
Websites
Films Produced by Sidi’s Students
5 The Mevlevi Order of America
Historical Background
Süleyman Dede—Migration and Modernization
Jelaleddin Loras and the Mevlevi Order of America
Organization
Murids and Muhibs: Followers and Friends
Garments
Activities
Toward a Mevlevi Order of America Understanding of Sufism
On Authority and Legitimacy
A Shaykh’s Ijaza
Explicit Claims of Authority
Implicit Claims of Authority
To Dress the Part
To Walk the Walk
Initiation
Conclusion
Notes
References
Online Material
6 From the Balkans to America: The Alami Tariqa in Upstate New York
Balkan Beginnings
The Early Sufi Community in North America (1969–1977)
Establishing the Tariqa in Upstate New York (1977–1980)
The Alami Tariqa
Diversity within the Alami Tariqa
Turning Faith into Action
Challenges to Pluralism
Expanding Locally and Internationally
Final Thoughts
Notes
References
7 “There is an ‘I’ deeper than me”: The Ansari Qadiri Rifa‘i Tariqa and Transcendence in America
Presence and Authority from Baghdad to the United States
Becoming Transnational: East to West
Becoming Transnational: West to East
T\\he Meat: AQRT Teachings
Practices
Sohbet
Traveling Shaykh and Traveling Murid Sohbet
Zikr
Conclusion
Notes
References
8 When the Divine Flood Reached New York
Black Americans in an African Sufi Order
Shaykh Hassan Cisse and the Appeal of an African Diasporic Islam
Becoming Black Sufis: Sunni Islam as a Path to Sufism
Hajjah Kareemah Abdul-Kareem
Imam Sayed Abdus-Salaam
Hajjah Ashaki Taha-Cisse
Heading the Call to Know God
The Appeal of Ma‘rifa
The Social Justice Imperative
Promoting Gender Justice and Affirming Africanity
Education and Child Welfare
Black Nationalism Begets Black Sufism
Conclusion
Notes
References
Contributors
Index