The Friends of God-Sufi Saints in Islam: Popular Poster Art from Pakistan

by Jürgen Wasim Frembgen

Within the Muslim world, Pakistan is a heartland of Islamic mysticism where this path of love is distinctive and especially alive in its popular manifestations. The inspirational vitality of Sufism and related forms of vernacular Islam is reflected in the life worlds of charismatic saints
and mystics who undertake a journey to God and strive for the experience of unity with the divine. Modern poster-portraits depicting Sufi saints and their shrines...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195470060
• ISBN13: 9780195470062
• Release Date: July 2006
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 2.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 9.1" x 11.5"