The Female Voice in Sufi Ritual - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Female Voice in Sufi Ritual write by Shemeem Burney Abbas. This book was released on 2010-06-04. The Female Voice in Sufi Ritual available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The female voice plays a more central role in Sufi ritual, especially in the singing of devotional poetry, than in almost any other area of Muslim culture. Female singers perform sufiana-kalam, or mystical poetry, at Sufi shrines and in concerts, folk festivals, and domestic life, while male singers assume the female voice when singing the myths of heroines in qawwali and sufiana-kalam. Yet, despite the centrality of the female voice in Sufi practice throughout South Asia and the Middle East, it has received little scholarly attention and is largely unknown in the West. This book presents the first in-depth study of the female voice in Sufi practice in the subcontinent of Pakistan and India. Shemeem Burney Abbas investigates the rituals at the Sufi shrines and looks at women's participation in them, as well as male performers' use of the female voice. The strengths of the book are her use of interviews with both prominent and grassroots female and male musicians and her transliteration of audio- and videotaped performances. Through them, she draws vital connections between oral culture and the written Sufi poetry that the musicians sing for their audiences. This research clarifies why the female voice is so important in Sufi practice and underscores the many contributions of women to Sufism and its rituals.
Sufi Ritual
Sufi Ritual - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Sufi Ritual write by Ian Richard Netton. This book was released on 2014-03-18. Sufi Ritual available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This study reveals the world of Sufi ritual with particular reference to two major Sufi orders. It examines the ritual and practices of these orders and surveys their organisation and hierarchy, initiation ceremonies, and aspects of their liturgy such as dhikr (litany) and sama (mystical concert). Comparisons are made with the five pillars of Islam (arkan), and the Sufi rituals, together with the arkan, are examined from the perspective of theology, phenomenology, anthropology and semiotics. The work concludes with an examination of the Sufi in the context of alienation. This is a major work which highlights the importance of Sufi ritual and locates it within the broader domain of the Islamic world.
Sufi Rituals and Practices
Sufi Rituals and Practices - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Sufi Rituals and Practices write by Kashshaf Ghani. This book was released on 2024-03-29. Sufi Rituals and Practices available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book explores the institution of Sufism, the most dynamic face of Islam in the Indian subcontinent, as it sets out to study the mystical rituals and devotional practices that characterize Sufism's beliefs and traditions.
Re-visioning Sufism
Re-visioning Sufism - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Re-visioning Sufism write by Jonas Atlas. This book was released on 2019-10-28. Re-visioning Sufism available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Sufism is often described as ‘the mystical branch of Islam’. Giving some more attention to this underexposed spiritual side, it is often proposed, could help us to ease certain contemporary societal tensions. One finger then points toward the rigorous religious aggression of fundamentalism as ‘the problem’, while another points toward the soft beauty of mysticism as ‘the solution’. Yet, no matter how well-intended the contemporary focus on Sufism might often be, in the end, it repeatedly portrays a lack of comprehension when it comes to Islamic mysticism. The typical descriptions are full of mistakes, and the conclusions they lead to need much nuance. Those misunderstandings do not simply stem from innocent ignorance. They are misunderstandings with more profound origins and implications. They’re closely tied to enormous blind spots in the contemporary view of religion and deeply entwined with pressing political issues. In fact, the way we deal with mysticism in general and with Sufism in particular actually kindles many contemporary conflicts. This book thus seeks to add the necessary nuances, correct the misunderstandings and unveil the contemporary ‘politics of mysticism’. It seeks to clarify how the growing interest in what is called ‘Sufism’ is connected to both the contemporary demonization of Islam and the modern destruction of profound spirituality in the East as well as the West.
Expressions of Sufi Culture in Tajikistan
Expressions of Sufi Culture in Tajikistan - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Expressions of Sufi Culture in Tajikistan write by Benjamin Gatling. This book was released on 2018. Expressions of Sufi Culture in Tajikistan available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
