Performing Post-Tariqa Sufism

Performing Post-Tariqa Sufism
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Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Total Pages : 221
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ISBN-10 : 9781000998627
ISBN-13 : 1000998622
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Book Synopsis Performing Post-Tariqa Sufism by : Esra Çizmeci

Download or read book Performing Post-Tariqa Sufism written by Esra Çizmeci and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-11-10 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This ethnographic research project examines the generation of post-tariqa Tasavvuf (Sufism: a spiritual practice and philosophy recognised as the inner dimension of Islam) in a variety of private, semi-public, public, secular and sacred urban spaces in present-day Turkey. Through extensive field research in minority Sufi communities, this book investigates how devotees of specific orders maintain, adapt, mobilise, and empower their beliefs and values through embodied acts of their Sufi followers. Using an ethnographic methodology and theories derived from performance studies, Esra Çizmeci examines the multiple ways in which the post-tariqa Mevlevi and Rifai practice is formed in present-day Turkey, such as through the authority of the spiritual teacher; the individual and collective performance of Sufi rituals; nefs (self) training; and, most importantly, the practice of Sufi doctrines in everyday life through the production of sacred spaces. Drawing on the theories of performance, she examines how the Sufi way of living and spaces are created anew in the process of each devotee’s embodied action. This book is informed by theories in performance studies, anthropology, religious studies, and cultural studies and places current Sufi practices in a historical perspective.


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