Realm of the Saint

Realm of the Saint
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Publisher : University of Texas Press
Total Pages : 650
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ISBN-10 : 9780292789708
ISBN-13 : 029278970X
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Book Synopsis Realm of the Saint by : Vincent J. Cornell

Download or read book Realm of the Saint written by Vincent J. Cornell and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2010-06-28 with total page 650 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In premodern Moroccan Sufism, sainthood involved not only a closeness to the Divine presence (walaya) but also the exercise of worldly authority (wilaya). The Moroccan Jazuliyya Sufi order used the doctrine that the saint was a "substitute of the prophets" and personification of a universal "Muhammadan Reality" to justify nearly one hundred years of Sufi involvement in Moroccan political life, which led to the creation of the sharifian state. This book presents a systematic history of Moroccan Sufism through the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries C.E. and a comprehensive study of Moroccan Sufi doctrine, focusing on the concept of sainthood. Vincent J. Cornell engages in a sociohistorical analysis of Sufi institutions, a critical examination of hagiography as a source for history, a study of the Sufi model of sainthood in relation to social and political life, and a sociological analysis of more than three hundred biographies of saints. He concludes by identifying eight indigenous ideal types of saint that are linked to specific forms of authority. Taken together, they define sainthood as a socioreligious institution in Morocco.


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