Cultivating Charismatic Power
Islamic Leadership Practice in China
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Beschreibung
Islam and China are topics of relevance and contention in today’s economic, political and religious climate. In this work, Tiffany Cone makes an important contribution to these contemporary discourses through an ethnographic case study of Islamic leadership and the cultivation of charismatic power by Sufi disciples at a shrine site in Northwest China. Though this volume focuses on a specific religious community, it carries valuable insights into religious unity, syncretism and religious legitimacy, materialism and religious integrity, and the stability of religious institutions in light of rapid economic growth. Cultivating Charismatic Power speaks to global concerns about the rise of a militant Islam and an increasingly aggressive Chinese State. As such, it will appeal to scholars and practitioners across a range of fields including anthropology, philosophy, religious studies, Islamic Studies, and Chinese Studies.
Presents the first in-depth English language study of a Chinese Qadiriyya Sufi community Relevant to currently trending discussions of Islam and the growing influence of China on the global stage Based on twelve months of fieldwork at the Qadiriyya Sufi shrine - Guo Gongbei - in the Muslim-majority city of Linxia, Gansu Province, Northwest China
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Tiffany Cone
Themen in »Cultivating Charismatic Power«
Sufism Sufism in China self-cultivation embodiment religious practice syncretism Iran-China