Sufism in Britain by Edited by Ron Geaves and Theodore Gabriel - 2014

Bloomsbury Academic, 2014. Hardbound. New Book. Hardbound. Anthropologists and religious scholars explore various manifestations of Sufism in Britain, contributing to the various theories about Sufism and its place in the Islamic spectrum of belief and practice, particularly in an increasingly globalized religious terrain in which legitimacy and authenticity are highly contested in public domains. Looking in turn at theory, history, and case studies, they consider such aspects as transformation and trends among British Sufis, Universal Sufis in Britain, transnational Sufism and locality in the British Budshishiyya, conversion narratives among the Alami and Rifa'i Tariqa in Britain, and neo-Sufism and British Muslim youth. (2014 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR)