The A to Z of Sufism

By: John Renard (Author), *The A to Z of Sufism* - Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield Publishing Group - USA
Published on: 07/16/2009
Print ISBN: 9780810868274
Imprint: Scarecrow Press

With more than 3,000 entries and cross-references on the history, main figures, institutions, theory, and literary works associated with Islam's mystical tradition, Sufism, this dictionary brings together in one volume, extensive historical information that helps put contemporary events into a historical context.

Additional features include: · chronology of all major figures and events · introductory essay · glossary of 400 Arabic, Berber, Chinese, Persian, and Turkish terms · comprehensive bibliography

Ideal for libraries, as well as students and scholars of religion.
 
Author Bio
John Renard received a Ph.D. in Islamic Studies, with a specialization in religious literature in Arabic and Persian and religious art, from Harvard University in 1978.

He's currently a professor of comparative theology and the history of religion at Saint Louis University in St. Louis, Missouri.

His publications include All the King's Falcons: Rumi on Prophets and Revelation, Seven doors to Islam, Windows on the House of Islam, and Islam and the Heroic Image, as well as volumes on Islam, Buddhism, and Hinduism in Paulist Press's 101 Questions series.