Title: Pilgrims of love : the anthropology of a global Sufi cult /
Authors: Werbner, Pnina.
Publisher: C. Hurst,
Year: 2003
Subjects: Muslim saints Cult.; Sufism Customs and practices.; Sufism Doctrines; Naqshabandīyah.; Islamic sects.
Abstract: This is a study of the transnational Sufi Naqshbandi order. It discusses the complex organisation of Sufi orders as regional & transnational cults & how such cults are manifested through ritual action & embodied in sacred mythology.
Contents: Acknowledgements -- Spiritual genealogy -- 1. Introduction : Sufism as a transnational religious movement -- 2. Regional cult analysis and the political domain -- 3. Stamping the earth with the name of Allah : Julus, zikr and the sacralising of space -- 4. Karamat : the legendary constitution of a living saint -- 5. Wilayat: Axis of the world -- 6. Langar : pilgrimage, sacred exchange and perpetual sacrifice -- 7. Murids of the saint : migration, occupational guilds and redemptive sociality -- 8. Khulafa : lifeworks on the Sufi path : the poet, the structuralist and the organisation man -- 9. Nafs : the journey of the soul and the quest for mystical revelation -- 10. Sukun : demonic migrations, personal affliction and the quest for healing -- 11. Du'a : popular culture and powerful blessings at the 'urs -- 12. Ziyarat : words and deeds : the death and rebirth of a living saint -- 13. Conclusion : geographies of charisma and the limits of postmodern anthropology -- References -- Glossaries -- Index.