Realm of the Saint: Power and Authority in Moroccan Sufism by Cornell, Vincent J

Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 1998. Soft cover. Good. Clean text, solid binding, with some routine edge and corner wear from handling. This book presents a systematic history of Moroccan Sufism through the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries C.E. and a comprehensive study of Moroccan Sufi doctrine, focusing on the concept of sainthood. Vincent J. Cornell engages in a sociohistorical analysis of Sufi institutions, a critical examination of hagiography as a source for history, a study of the Sufi model of sainthood in relation to social and political life, and a sociological analysis of more than three hundred biographies of saints. He concludes by identifying eight indigenous ideal types of saint that are linked to specific forms of authority. 398 pp, index.

University of Texas Press, 1998-10-01. paperback. Used: Good.

University of Texas Press, 1998. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover.

Austin: University of Texas Press, 1998. Paperback. 398p. Paperback book in very good condition. Mark on bottom fore-edge and stamps on inside cover and endpaper. Otherwise clean and tight. A comprehensive study of Moroccan Sufi doctrine, particularly that of sainthood, and its history through the fifteenth and sixteenth century.

Paperback / softback. New. Features the history of Moroccan Sufism through the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries C E and a study of Moroccan Sufi doctrine, focusing on the concept of sainthood. This work offers an analysis of Sufi institutions, an examination of hagiography as a source for history, and a sociological analysis of three hundred biographies of saints.

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University of Texas Press, 1998-10-01. paperback. Used:Good.

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Univ of Texas Pr, 1998. Paperback. New. 442 pages. 9.25x6.00x1.00 inches.

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