Sufism and Early Islamic Piety: Personal and Communal Dynamics

by Arin Salamah-Qudsi

Sufism and Early Islamic Piety: Personal and Communal Dynamics offers a new story about the formative period of Sufism. Through a fresh reading of diverse Sufi and non-Sufi sources, Arin Shawkat Salamah-Qudsi reveals the complexity of personal and communal aspects of Sufi piety in the period between the ninth and thirteenth centuries. Her study also sheds light on the interrelationships and conflicts of early Sufis through emphasising that early Sufism...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108422713
• ISBN13: 9781108422710
• Release Date: November 2018
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 330 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.2"