RELIGION, CULTURE, AND PUBLIC LIFE

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Note on Transliteration xi
5. Introduction. Sufis and the State: The Politics of Islam in South Asia and Beyond 1
6. Part I. Sufism and Its Modern Engagements with a Global Order
7. 1. Anti-Colonial Militants or Liberal Peace Activists? The Role of Private Foundations in Producing Pacifist Sufis During the Cold War 27
8. 2. From Taṣawwuf Modern to Neo-Sufism: Nurcholish Madjid, Fazlur Rahman, and the Development of an Idea 40
9. 3. Beyond Barelwiism: Tahir-ul- Qadri as an Example of Trends in Global Sufism 57
10. Commentary on Part I: Ambiguities and Ironic Reversals in the Categorization of Sufism 73
11. Part II. Sufis, Sharia, and Reform
12. 4. Is the Taliban Anti-Sufi? Deobandi Discourses on Sufism in Contemporary Pakistan 81
13. 5. Sufism Through the Prism of Sharia: A Reformist Barelwi Girls’ Madrasa in Uttar Pradesh, India 92
14. 6. Lives of a Fatwa: Sufism, Music, and Islamic Reform in Kachchh, Gujarat 106
15. Commentary on Part II: Sufis, Sharia, and Reform 119
16. Part III. Sufis and Politics in Pakistan
17. 7. “A Way of Life Rather Than an Ideology?”: Sufism, Pīrs, and the Politics of Identity in Sindh 127
18. 8. Sufi Politics and the War on Terror in Pakistan: Looking for an Alternative to Radical Islamism? 140
19. 9. “Our Vanished Lady”: Memory, Ritual, and Shiʿi-Sunni Relations at Bībī Pāk Dāman 161
20. Commentary on Part III: The Problems and Perils of Translating Sufism as “Moderate Islam” 174
21. Part IV. Sufism in Indian National Spaces
22. 10. Is All Politics Local? Neighborhood Shrines and Religious Healing in Contemporary India 187
23. 11. Sufi Healing and Secular Psychiatry in India 199
24. 12. Sufi Sound, Sufi Space: Indian Cinema and the Mise-en- Scène of Pluralism 215
25. Commentary on Part IV: Sufism in Indian National Spaces 227
26. Conclusion: Thinking Otherwise 233
27. Notes 243
28. Glossary 293
29. Bibliography 297
30. List of Contributors 317
31. Index 323
32. RELIGION, CULTURE, AND PUBLIC LIFE 345