Sufi Orders in Islam

J. Spencer Trimingham

Paperback

9780195120585

 

Contents:

 

1. The Formation of Schools of Mysticism

 

2. The Chief Tariq Lines

 

3. The Formation of Ta'ifas

 

4. 19th-Century Revival Movements

 

5. The Mysticism and Theosophy of the Orders

 

6. The Organization of the Orders

 

7. Ritual and Ceremonial

 

8. Role of the Orders in the Life of Islamic Society

 

9. The Orders in the Contemporary Islamic World