Sufi Heirs of the Prophet PDF Download

Are you looking for read ebook online? Search for your book and save it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Download Sufi Heirs of the Prophet PDF full book. Access full book title Sufi Heirs of the Prophet by Arthur F. Buehler. Download full books in PDF and EPUB format.

Sufi Heirs of the Prophet

Sufi Heirs of the Prophet PDF Author: Arthur F. Buehler
Publisher: Univ of South Carolina Press
ISBN: 9781570032011
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 350

Get Book

Book Description
Sufi Heirs of the Prophet explores the multifaceted development of personal authority in Islamic societies by tracing the transformation of one representative mystical sufi lineage in colonial India, the Naqshbandiyya. Arthur F. Buehler isolates four sources of personal authority evident in the practices of the Naqshbandiyya - lineage, spiritual traveling, status as a Prophetic exemplar, and the transmission of religious knowledge - to demonstrate how Muslim sufis have exercised charismatic leadership through their connection to the most compelling of personal Islamic symbols, the Prophet Muhammad.