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Piety on Its Knees

Piety on Its Knees Three Sufi Traditions in South Asia in Modern Times

Hardback (01 Oct 1998)

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Publisher's Synopsis

This study analyses religious changes in Sufism in South Asia in the modern period. It sets out the detailed workings of three different sufi traditions in Awadh and charts their responses to the growth of the colonial state, as well as to the emergence of Muslim movements of revival and reform and the spread of western education.

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Book information

ISBN: 9780195643091
Publisher: OUP India
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 297.40959
DEWEY edition: 21
Language: English
Number of pages: 972
Weight: 557g
Height: 215mm
Width: 135mm
Spine width: 25mm