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Realm of the Saint: Power and Authority in Moroccan Sufism (Paperback)

by Vincent J. Cornell (Author)
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  • Paperback: 442 pages
  • Publisher: University of Texas Press (1 Jan 1998)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0292712103
  • ISBN-13: 978-0292712102
  • Product Dimensions: 22.9 x 15.4 x 2.5 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 925,018 in Books (See Bestsellers 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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5.0 out of 5 stars Moroccan Sufism, saints, "marabouts," etc.!, 9 May 1999
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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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