Consciously unmodern: situating the self in Sufi becoming of contemporary Egypt.

Autor/in	Aishima, Hatsuki
Titel	Consciously unmodern: situating the self in Sufi becoming of contemporary Egypt.
Quelle	In: Culture and religion, (2017) 2, S.149 PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext (2); PDF als Volltext (3) Verfügbarkeit
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1475-5610
DOI	10.1080/14755610.2017.1326691
Schlagwörter	Agency; Conversion; Selfless; Shadhili order; Islamic reformism; Modernity; Subjectivity; Spirituality; Sufism; Exegesis & hermeneutics
Abstract	Sufi becoming is conditioned on finding a master who could take one through the spiritual journey for attaining Ultimate Truth. In contrast, Islamic reformism since the late eighteenth century calls for the significance of establishing a direct and autonomous relationship to God and denies the roles of charismatic authority who could mediate between Him and a Muslim. This paper examines how Egyptian Sufi theorists tackled the issue of individualised faith and personal connection to their masters by looking at the conversion narrative of 'Abd al-Halim Mahmud (1910-1978), the French-educated Egyptian scholar of Sufism. He vividly depicted in his work the encounters with the Shadhili masters, whether in person or in ru'ya (dream-like vision), and demonstrated his firm connection to them. In spite of publicly disclosing his Sufi becoming, he managed to gain the status of a Sufi celebrity by performing the selfless Self who aspires to gain access to transcendental reality.
Erfasst von	OLC
Update	2022/1/02