Introduction to Sufism: The Inner Path of Islam (Perennial Philosophy)

Geoffroy, Eric

ISBN 10: 1935493108 / ISBN 13: 9781935493105

Published by World Wisdom, 2010

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Introduction to Sufism: The Inner Path of Islam (Perennial Philosophy)
• Publisher: World Wisdom
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1935493108
• ISBN 13: 9781935493105
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

From Rumi's whirling dervishes in Turkey over 700 years ago, to circles of silent mystics in the West today, this book reveals the history and practices of Sufism, the ancient but still active system of Islamic mysticism which has long been the spiritual current in Islam that counterbalances fundamentalism. Eric Geoffroy is an authority on Sufism, and he shows us this increasingly popular contemplative dimension of Islam, which is little understood in the West.

About the Author

Eric Geoffroy is a specialist on Islam and Sufism who is currently Professor of Islamic Studies in the Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies at Marc Bloch-Strasbourg II University in France. He has already authored several books on Sufism in French.