Sufism in Canada: Weaving Islamic Practice and Contemporary Spirituality - Paperback
$75.51
Sale price
$75.51
Regular price
Skip to product information
Sufism in Canada: Weaving Islamic Practice and Contemporary Spirituality - Paperback
$75.51
Sale price
$75.51
Regular price
by Geneviève Mercier-Dalphond (Editor), Merin Shobhana Xavier (Editor)
Offers a new perspective on Sufism through a Canadian lens.
Whirling dervishes. Ecstatic experience. Historical and contemporary expressions of Sufism are suffused with spirituality, asceticism, and mysticism. Sufism in Canada asks how we can understand this fascinating religious practice in a specifically Canadian context and, by extension, how Sufism informs Islam and popular spirituality not only in Canada but across the globe. Using case studies rooted in Canadian concerns and communities, scholars of Islamic studies, sociology, ethnomusicology, and history analyze the meaning and practice of Sufism in this country. They investigate the institutional and transnational histories of the Inayati, Halveti-Jerrahi, and Naqshbandi orders; they explore tensions between gendered Muslim spaces and Sufism as a universal spirituality; and they revisit old Sufi stories in a new landscape. Sufism in Canada not only adds to a growing body of literature on Islam and Muslim identities in Canada but also helps define new paths of exploration for this important field of study.Author Biography
Geneviève Mercier-Dalphond is an independent scholar in Islamic and gender studies. Merin Shobhana Xavier is associate professor of religion and diaspora at Queen's University. She is the author of The Dervishes of the North: Rumi, Whirling, and the Making of Sufism in Canada and Sacred Spaces and Transnational Networks in American Sufism: Bawa Muhaiyaddeen and Contemporary Shrine Cultures, and a co-author of Contemporary Sufism: Piety, Politics, and Popular Culture.
Number of Pages: 330
Dimensions: 1 x 9 x 6 IN
Publication Date: May 18, 2026