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  • New Religious Movements in Islam

    by Mark Sedgwick ...
    Series series Elements in New Religious Movements
    New Religious Movements (NRMs) have emerged periodically from the formative period of Islam to the present day. This Element considers a representative sample, organized by chronological period and then by type. In earlier periods, particular features of Islam either encouraged or discouraged the emergence of NRMs. Modernity brought new conditions that led to new types of NRM, the focus of this ... Read more

    $20.99 USD

  • Against the Modern World

    Traditionalism and the Secret Intellectual History of the Twentieth Century

    by Mark Sedgwick ...
    The first history of Traditionalism, an important yet surprisingly little-known twentieth-century anti-modern movement. Comprising a number of often secret but sometimes very influential religious groups in the West and in the Islamic world, it affected mainstream and radical politics in Europe and the development of the field of religious studies in the United States. In the nineteenth century, ... Read more

    $38.69 USD

  • Muhammad Abduh

    by Mark Sedgwick ...
    Series series Makers of the Muslim World
    Muhammad Abduh (1849-1905) is widely regarded as the founder of Islamic modernism. Egyptian jurist, religious scholar and political activist, he sought to synthesise Western and Islamic cultural values. Arguing that Islam is essentially rational and fluid, Abduh maintained that it had been stifled by the rigid structures implemented in the generations since Muhammad and his immediate followers. In ... Read more

    $21.00 USD

  • Traditionalism

    The Radical Project for Restoring Sacred Order

    by Mark Sedgwick ...
    From a leading expert comes an intellectual history and analysis of Traditionalism, one of the least known and most influential philosophies that continues to impact politics today Traditionalism is a shadowy philosophy that has influenced much of the twentieth century and beyond: from the far-right to the environmental movement, from Sufi shaykhs and their followers to Trump advisor and right ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

  • Western Sufism

    From the Abbasids to the New Age

    by Mark Sedgwick ...
    Western Sufism is sometimes dismissed as a relatively recent "new age" phenomenon, but in this book Mark Sedgwick argues that it has deep roots, both in the Muslim world and in the West. In fact, although the first significant Western Sufi organization was not established until 1915, the first Western discussion of Sufism was printed in 1480, and Western interest in Sufi thought goes back to the ... Read more

    $54.89 USD

  • Anarchist, Artist, Sufi

    The Politics, Painting, and Esotericism of Ivan Aguéli

    Edited by Mark Sedgwick ...
    Series series Islam of the Global West
    This book follows the life of Ivan Aguéli, the artist, anarchist, and esotericist, notable as one of the earliest Western intellectuals to convert to Islam and to explore Sufism. This book explores different aspects of his life and activities, revealing each facet of Aguéli's complex personality in its own right. It then shows how esotericism, art, and anarchism finally found their fulfillment in ... Read more

    $34.99 USD

  • Esoteric Transfers and Constructions

    Judaism, Christianity, and Islam

    Edited by Mark Sedgwick, Francesco Piraino ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    Similarities between esoteric and mystical currents in different religious traditions have long interested scholars. This book takes a new look at the relationship between such currents. It advances a discussion that started with the search for religious essences, archetypes, and universals, from William James to Eranos. The universal categories that resulted from that search were later criticized ... Read more

    $143.09 USD

  • Global Sufism

    Boundaries, Narratives and Practices

    Edited by Francesco Piraino, Mark Sedgwick ...
    Sufism is a growing and global phenomenon, far from the declining relic it was once thought to be. This book brings together the work of fourteen leading experts to explore systematically the key themes of Sufism's new global presence, from Yemen to Senegal via Chicago and Sweden. The contributors look at the global spread and stance of such major actors as the Ba 'Alawiyya, the 'Afropolitan' ... Read more

    $40.49 USD

  • Making European Muslims

    Religious Socialization Among Young Muslims in Scandinavia and Western Europe

    Edited by Mark Sedgwick ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Religion
    Making European Muslims provides an in-depth examination of what it means to be a young Muslim in Europe today, where the assumptions, values and behavior of the family and those of the majority society do not always coincide. Focusing on the religious socialization of Muslim children at home, in semi-private Islamic spaces such as mosques and Quran schools, and in public schools, the original ... Read more

    $73.99 USD

  • Islamic Myths and Memories

    Mediators of Globalization

    Edited by Itzchak Weismann, Mark Sedgwick, Ulrika Mårtensson ...
    Islamic myths and collective memory are very much alive in today’s localized struggles for identity, and are deployed in the ongoing construction of worldwide cultural networks. This book brings the theoretical perspectives of myth-making and collective memory to the study of Islam and globalization and to the study of the place of the mass media in the contemporary Islamic resurgence. It explores ... Read more

    $52.99 USD

  • Islam & Muslims

    A Guide to Diverse Experience in a Modern World

    by Mark Sedgwick ...
    Appreciate a rich and diverse culture. Understand real people in their everyday lives.The need to understand Islam and Muslims has never been greater, both because of conflicts that dominate the news and because of the increasing presence of Muslims in Western societies. There are hundreds of books that introduce the Western reader to Islam, and dozens of books that explore various Muslim ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • Key Thinkers of the Radical Right

    Behind the New Threat to Liberal Democracy

    Edited by Mark Sedgwick ...
    Since the start of the twenty-first century, the political mainstream has been shifting to the right. The liberal orthodoxy that took hold in the West as a reaction to the Second World War is breaking down. In Europe, populist political parties have pulled the mainstream in their direction; in America, a series of challenges to the Republican mainstream culminated in the 2016 election of Donald ... Read more

    $34.19 USD