num_pages: 356
description: This study analyses religious changes in Sufism in South Asia in the modern period. It sets out the detailed workings of three different sufi traditions in Awadh and charts their responses to the growth of the colonial state, as well as to the emergence of Muslim movements of revival andreform and the spread of western education.
language: English
title: Piety on Its Knees: Three Sufi Traditions in South Asia in Modern Times
titlecomplete: Piety on Its Knees: Three Sufi Traditions in South Asia in Modern Times
ratings_count: 2
publisher: Oxford University Press