Sufi Women Embodiment And The Self

Author : Jamila Rodrigues
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000833410
Total Pages : 145 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sufi Women, Embodiment, and the ‘Self’ written by Jamila Rodrigues and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-12-30 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is an ethnographic case study of Sufi ritual practice and embodied experience amongst female members of the Naqshbandi community. Drawing on fieldwork in Cape Town, South Africa, and Lefke, Cyprus (2013/2014), the author examines women’s experiences within a particular performance of Sufi tradition. The focus is on the ritual named hadra, involving the recital of sacred texts, music, and body movement, where the goal is for the individual to reach a state of intimacy with God. The volume considers Sufi practice as a form of embodied cultural behavior, religious identity, and selfhood construction. It explains how Muslim women’s participation in hadra ritual life reflects religious and cultural ideas about the body, the body’s movement, and embodied selfhood expression within the ritual experience. Sufi Women, Ritual Embodiment and the ‘Self’ engages with studies in Sufism, symbolic anthropology, ethnography, dance, and somatic studies. Contributing to discussions of religion, gender, and the body, the book will be of interest to scholars from anthropology, sociology, religious ritual studies, Sufism and gender studies, and performance studies.

Author : Jamila Rodrigues
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781032430737
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sufi Women, Embodiment, and the 'self' written by Jamila Rodrigues and published by . This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book is an ethnographic case study of Sufi ritual practice and embodied experience amongst female members of the Naqshbandi community. Drawing on fieldwork in Cape Town, South Africa, and Lefke, Cyprus (2013/2014), the author examines women's experiences within a particular performance of Sufi tradition. The focus is on the ritual named hadra, involving the recital of sacred texts, music, and body movement, where the goal is for the individual to reach a state of intimacy with God. The volume considers Sufi practice as a form of embodied cultural behavior, religious identity, and selfhood construction. It explains how Muslim women's participation in hadra ritual life reflects religious and cultural ideas about the body, the body's movement, and embodied selfhood expression within the ritual experience. Sufi Women, Ritual Embodiment and the 'Self' engages with studies in Sufism, symbolic anthropology, ethnography, dance, and somatic studies. Contributing to discussions of religion, gender, and the body, it will be of interest to scholars from anthropology, sociology, religious ritual studies, Sufism and gender studies, and performance studies"--

Author : Laleh Bakhtiar
Publisher : Kazi Publications
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sufi Women of America written by Laleh Bakhtiar and published by Kazi Publications. This book was released on 1996 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Tahera Aftab
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004467181
Total Pages : 619 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sufi Women of South Asia written by Tahera Aftab and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2022-05-16 with total page 619 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Sufi Women of South Asia. Veiled Friends of God, Tahera Aftab, drawing upon various sources, offers the first unique and comprehensive account of South Asian Sufi women, from the eleventh to the twentieth century.

Author : Minlib Dallh
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000958027
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sufi Women and Mystics written by Minlib Dallh and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-11-07 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book focuses on women’s important contribution to Sufism by analysing the lives and seminal contributions of six mystic Sufi women to Islamic spirituality. To help reverse the sidelining of Sufi women in the recorded academic literature, the author has selected a representative sample of figures from diverse Islamic dynasties with varying backgrounds, social status, and devotional contributions. Taking a historical approach attentive to specific political contexts, readers will be introduced to the contributions of Umm Ali al-Balkhi and Fātima of Nishāpūr in the ninth-century Khurāsān, Aisha al-Mannūbiyya of the Hafsid dynasty in Afriqya, Aisha al-Bā‘únīyya of the Mamlūk dynasties of Egypt and Syria, the Mughal princess Jahan Ara Begum, and the daughter of the Caliph of Sokoto, Nana Asma’u. It is argued that these ascetic and Sufi women were recognized by their male and female peers, became political leaders in their communities, and were honored as examples of sanctity and erudition. Their works influenced mystical discourse, hagiographical writings, religious language and models of religious authority to secure legacies of Islamic orthopraxis. The book will appeal to anyone interested in Sufism and Sufi history, as well as to those wishing to delve into the understudied topic of Muslim women’s spirituality.

Author : Javād Nūrbakhsh
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 201 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sufi Women written by Javād Nūrbakhsh and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 : 9780918437174
Total Pages : pages
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Download or read book Sufi Women written by and published by . This book was released on 1998-01-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Camille Adams Helminski
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
ISBN 13 : 1570629676
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Women of Sufism written by Camille Adams Helminski and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2003-02-25 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of Sufi poetry and songs is “an inspiring source to deepen our knowledge of Sufism by the examples and teachings of . . . beautiful and wise Sufi women” (Sufism) The luminous presence of women who follow the Sufi Way—the mystical path of Islam—is brought to life here through their sacred songs and poetry, their dreams and visions, and stories of their efforts as they witness the Truth in many realms. These writings reflect the honor and respect for the feminine in the Sufi worldview, and they are shared in the spirit of inspiration and hope for the flourishing contributions of women to the spiritual development of humanity. Spanning the centuries, from the time of the Prophet Muhammad to the present day, the selections are by or about an array of Sufi traditions in different parts of the world, from Asia, Africa, and the Middle East to Europe and America—from beloved members of the Prophet’s family to the mystic Rabi’a al-Adawiyya to the modern scholar Annemarie Schimmel. Biographical anecdotes and personal memoirs provide a glimpse into the experience of great saints and contemporary practitioners alike, while providing an introduction to the principles and practices of Sufism.

Author : Sarwar Alam
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319737910
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Perceptions of Self, Power, & Gender Among Muslim Women written by Sarwar Alam and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-02-15 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book analyzes perceptions of self, power, agency, and gender of Muslim women in a rural community of Bangladesh. Rural women’s limited power and agency has been subsumed within the male dominated Islamic discourses on gender. However, many Muslim women have their own alternative discourses surrounding power and agency. Sarwar Alam intertwines an exploration of these power dynamics with reading of the Qur’an and Hadith, and analyzes how Muslim women’s perception of power and gender are linked to their relationship with religion.

Author : Marta Dominguez Diaz
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317806581
Total Pages : 205 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Women in Sufism written by Marta Dominguez Diaz and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-10-24 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exploring the diverse myriad of female religious identities that exist within the various branches of the Moroccan Sufi Order, Qādiriyya Būdshīshiyya, today, this book evidences a wide array of religious identities, from those more typical of Berber culture, to those characterised by a ‘sober’ approach to Sufism, as well as those that denote New Age eclecticism. The book researches the ways in which religious discourses are corporeally endorsed. After providing an overview of the Order historically and today, enunciating the processes by which this local tarīqa from North-eastern Morocco has become the international organization that it is now, the book explores the religious body in movement, in performance, and in relation to the social order. It analyses pilgrimage by assessing the annual visit that followers of Hamza Būdshīsh make to the central lodge of the Order in Madāgh; it explores bodily religious enactments in ritual performance, by discussing the central practices of Sufi ritual as manifested in the Būdshīshiyya, and delves attention into diverse understandings of faith healing and health issues. Women and Sufism provides a detailed insight into religious healing, sufi rituals and sufi pilgrimage, and is essential reading for those seeking to understand Islam in Morocco, or those with an interest in Anthropology and Middle East studies more generally.