- Paperback: 444 pages
- Publisher: University of Texas Press (1 Jan 1998)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0292712103
- ISBN-13: 978-0292712102
- Product Dimensions: 2.3 x 1.5 x 0.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,351,931 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"This highly original study explicates brilliantly the doctrinal and metaphysical aspects of pre-modern Moroccan Sufism and provides a thorough sociological analysis of the cult of saints." Choice "This is the most significant study of the Sufi tradition in Islam to have appeared in the last two decades... It equals in scope and significance Peter Brown's The Cult of the Saints: Its Rise and Function in Latin Christianity." Dale F. Eickelman, Ralph and Richard Lazarus Professor of Anthropology and Human Relations, Dartmouth College
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In pre-modern Moroccan Sufism, sainthood involved not only a closeness to the Divine presence (walaya) but also the exercise of worldly authority (wilaya). The Moroccan Jazuliyya Sufi order used the doctrine that the saint was a 'substitute of the prophets' and personification of a universal 'Muhammadan Reality' to justify nearly one hundred years of Sufi involvement in Moroccan political life, which led to the creation of the sharifian state. This book presents a systematic history of Moroccan Sufism through the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries C.E. and a comprehensive study of Moroccan Sufi doctrine, focusing on the concept of sainthood.Vincent J. Cornell engages in a socio-historical analysis of Sufi institutions, a critical examination of hagiography as a source for history, a study of the Sufi model of sainthood in relation to social and political life, and a sociological analysis of more than three hundred biographies of saints. He concludes by identifying eight indigenous ideal types of saint that are linked to specific forms of authority. Taken together, they define sainthood as a socio-religious institution in Morocco. Vincent J. Cornell is Associate Professor of Religion at Duke University.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Anything you would ever want to know about the soial and ideological foundations of Moroccan Sufism and how it fits into the wider Islamic context. From a demographical breakdown of saints to the follies of Abu Yiza, this book has it all and more. Certainly not for the faint of heart, though; Cornell tackles so much that a quick reading just couldn't do the book justice.
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6 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Moroccan Sufism, saints, "marabouts," etc.!
9 May 1999
Format:Paperback
Anything you would ever want to know about the soial and ideological foundations of Moroccan Sufism and how it fits into the wider Islamic context. From a demographical breakdown of saints to the follies of Abu Yiza, this book has it all and more. Certainly not for the faint of heart, though; Cornell tackles so much that a quick reading just couldn't do the book justice.
Very thorough and quite interesting
25 April 2007
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I believe this is the only work on this topic that I have ever seen. It is very well researched and interesting. The book isn't a light read, however, but more the product of detailed research. I recommend it for those with a deep interest in Morocco and it's various forms of Islamic belief and practice.
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Excellent and well written
2 Jan 2007
Format:Hardcover
An excellent work dealing with the development of Sufism and the Sufi orders in Morocco. My only complaint is that it only goes up to the 16th century.
This work goes into detail concerning the Jazuli order (but strangely not much detail in the life of al-Jazuli or even his followers active participation in resistance to Portuguese invasion of Morocco) and also in the role of Moroccan tribal families (especially the 'Seyyids') in political life in Morocco.
A valuable work for anyone studying Moroccan history, African history or the development of Sufism in the Muslim West.
This work goes into detail concerning the Jazuli order (but strangely not much detail in the life of al-Jazuli or even his followers active participation in resistance to Portuguese invasion of Morocco) and also in the role of Moroccan tribal families (especially the 'Seyyids') in political life in Morocco.
A valuable work for anyone studying Moroccan history, African history or the development of Sufism in the Muslim West.
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