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The other Islam : Sufism and the road to global harmony / Stephen Schwartz.

by Schwartz, Stephen, 1948-

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Doubleday, c2008.

Sufism -- History.

Religious pluralism -- Islam.

x, 275 p. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [247]-259) and index.

Great age of early Sufism -- Turkish Sufism and interfaith coexistence -- The wars against Sufism -- Sufis in today's Muslim world -- Sufis in the crisis states: Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Iran, and Israel -- Sufism in transition: the West, Central Asia, Indonesia, and the world.

Sufism, a blend of the mystical and rational tendencies within Islam, emerged soon after the revelation of Muhammad. A reforming movement against the increasing worldliness of Muslim society, it focuses on Islam's spiritual dimension. Described as "Islam of the heart," Sufism has attracted adherents among both Sunni and Shi'a Muslims, as well as Jews, Christians, Hindus, and Buddhists. Journalist Schwartz traces the origins and history of Sufism, elucidates its teachings, and illustrates its links to the other religions. He comments on celebrated Sufi poets and philosophers and narrates their influence on the Kabbalah, on the descendants of the Jewish philosopher Maimonides, and on Christian mystics, as well as the American transcendentalists. He also presents a fresh survey of Sufism in today's Islamic world.

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