Shi'i Islam and Sufism

Introduction
Chapter I. âClassical Views and New Perspectives on Imami Shiâism and Sufism Relations in Pre-Modern and Modern Periodsâ, Denis Hermann, Institut Fran§ais de Recherche en Iran, Iran; and Mathieu Terrier, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, France

First Part: Alternative to anti-Sufi Discourses in Shi'i Pre-Modern and Modern Literature
Chapter II. âDefense of Sufism among Twelver Shiâi thinkers of the Pre-Modern and Modern Era: Topics and Argumentsâ, Mathieu Terrier, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, France
Chapter III. âThe Limits of âOrthodoxyâ?: Notes on the Anti-Abu Muslim Polemic of Early 11th/17th Iranâ, Andrew Newman, University of Edinburgh, UK

Second Part: The Social History of a Shi'i-Sufi Brotherhood : The Ni'matullahiyya
Chapter IV. âThe Ni'matâullahi Order in the Fifteenth Century: Institutionalisation and Patronage of Architectureâ, Peyvand Firoozeh, Wissenschaft Koleg, Germany
Chapter V. âThe Mujaddid and the Majdhub. Shah âAli Rida (d. 1801) and the Different Narratives of the Niâmatullahi Renewalâ, Fabrizio Speziale, University Sorbonne nouvelle - Centre national de la recherche scientifique, France
Chapter VI. âThe institutionalisation of Niâmatullahi Sufism during the Pahlavi era: a study of the establishment of the Husayniyya Amir Sulaymani as a waqf in Tehranâ, Denis Hermann, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, France; and Omid Rezai, Sazman-i Awqaf wa Umur-i Khayriyya, Iran
Chapter VII. âHidden in Plain Sight: Secrecy, Occultation and the Cultivation of Private Archivesâ, Seema Golestaneh, Indiana University, Bloomington, USA

Third Part: The Relations between Shi'ism and Sufism in other Literary Sufi Traditions
Chapter VIII. âSufism and Shiâism in South Asia: shahadat and the evidence of the sindhi marsiyaâ, Michel Boivin, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, France
Chapter IX. âRed Sulphur, Great Remedy, and the Supreme Name: Perceptions of the People of the House (Ahl al-Bayt) and Twelve Imams in Alevi-Bektashi Faithâ, Riza Yildirim, Emory University, USA
Chapter X. âThe Khaksar Sufi Shiâi order: an updated introductionâ, Alexandre Papas, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, France
Chapter XI. â'Ajam Sufis and Shi'i Spirituality in 19th Century Iranâ, Lloyd Ridgeon, University of Glasgow, UK
Chapter XII. Two Khaksar treatises of the XIXth century (translated from Persian):
Risala-yi faqiriye (âThe Booklet of Povertyâ), translated by Mehrdad Arabestani, University of Tehran, Iran
Risala-yi Chahardah Khanavadah (âThe Fourteen Familiesâ), translated by Yaser Mirdamadi, University of Edinburgh, UK

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