Sacred Spaces and Transnational Networks in American Sufism: Bawa Muhaiyaddeen and Contemporary Shrine Cultures

by Merin Shobhana Xavier

Book Overview

This book sheds light on the Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship (BMF), one of North America's major Sufi movements, and one of the first to establish a Sufi shrine in the region. It provides the first comprehensive overview of the BMF, offering new insight into its historical development and practices, and charting its establishment in both the United States and Sri Lanka.

Through ethnographic research, Sacred Spaces and Transnational Networks...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1350132438
• ISBN13: 9781350132436
• Release Date: September 2019
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.87 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"