Sufism in Western Contexts

Marcia K. Hermansen is Professor of Theology and Director of the Islamic World Studies program at Loyola University Chicago. Her publications on Sufism include Varieties of American Sufism (2021) as well as many studies of South Asian Sufism and on Shah Wali Allah of Delhi. Saeed Zarrabi-Zadeh is a habilitated lecturer of Islamic Studies at the University of Erfurt, Germany. His publications on Sufism and comparative mysticism include Practical Mysticism in Islam and Christianity (Routledge, 2016) and Sufism East and West (Brill, 2019; co-edited with Jamal Malik).

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Introduction: Sufism in Western Contexts


 Marcia K. Hermansen and Saeed Zarrabi-Zadeh





Part 1: History, Reception, and Modes of Practice


1 Analytic Essay: The Idea of Sufism in the West


 Gregory A. Lipton and Saeed Zarrabi-Zadeh





2 Sufism and Western Esotericism


 Patrick D. Bowen





3 Sufism and New Religious Movements


 Olav Hammer





4 Western Sufi Institutions and Practices


 Merin Shobhana Xavier





5 Cyber Sufism in the Global West


 Robert Rozehnal





Part 2: Sufism in Regional Contexts


6 Analytic Essay: Sufism in Western Regional Settings


 Jamal Malik





7 Sufism in Britain


 Ron Geaves, Ayesha Khan and Amina Khatun





8 Sufism in Latin Europe (France, Spain, Italy)


 Francesco Piraino and Antonio de Diego González





9 Sufism in German-Speaking Europe (Germany, Austria, German-Speaking Switzerland)


 Gritt Klinkhammer and Saeed Zarrabi-Zadeh





10 Sufism in the Benelux Countries (Netherlands and Belgium)


 M. Amer Morgahi





11 Sufism in Scandinavia


 Simon Stjernholm





12 Sufism in North America


 William Rory Dickson





13 Sufism in Latin America


 Mark Sedgwick





14 Sufism in Oceania (Australia and New Zealand)


 Milad Milani





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