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1	Prosperity and purpose, today and tomorrow: Shaykh Ahmadu Bamba and discourses of work and salvation in the Muridiyya Sufi order of Senegal Zito, Alex M. January 2012 (has links) Thesis (Ph.D.)--Boston University / This dissertation examines the role of local oral and written sources in understanding belief and practice among followers of the Muridiyya Sufi order of Senegal. To date, scholarship on Muridiyya has tended to look to political and economic dimensions of the movement to explain its historical emergence and continuity. Works which have taken into account the movement's pedagogy and values have often focused on their economic and political implications. The present work examines discourses generated by Murid voices, mainly in the local language ofWolof. It addresses several key issues surrounding Murid identities, including how Murids envision their relationship to the founder, Ahmadu Bamba Mba.kke, how they envision their individual roles within society, and how they historicize themselves. Chapter One frames the discussion within a larger context of local Islamic discourses in sub-Saharan Africa. It reviews Ajami literary traditions (African language sources written in modified Arabic script) from Islamized Africa to shed light on important local perspectives. Chapter Two presents the sources used in the study. These include Wolof Ajami texts (Wolofal), oral data, and Arabophone and Europhone sources. The first set includes poetry composed by authors close to the movement's founder, works by contemporary Murid scholars, and published compilations of oral traditions attributed to Ahmadu Bamba. The second set includes oral interviews and recordings of Murid historians, educators, and disciples: The last set of data includes official Murid hagiographies, Bamba's own devotional poetry, and Western scholarly sources. The remaining chapters provide an analysis of these internal sources. They examine prominent themes as they appear through subjects such as history, education, ethics, the role of spiritual guides, and Bamba's sainthood in Murid discourses. The data presented offer a new perspective, grounded in local narratives, of this dynamic West African Sufi movement. The study presents several key fmdings. First, the analysis ties Murid knowledge systems to both local historical and cultural contexts, and to wider traditions of Islamic mysticism. Second, it demonstrates the marginal role assigned to colonial authority in Murid internal narratives. Finally, it uncovers the continuing overt and mystical significance of Bamba's work in the lives of his followers. Muridiyya Sufi order Senegal Shaykh Ahmadu Bamba Islam Wolof Ajami Murid
2	Spirituality and Art Therapy: The Practice of Sufi Zikr, Sufi Meditation Tamarkoz and Art-Making From an Art Therapist’s Lens Salmassian, Leyla 01 April 2017 (has links) This research examines the effects of a daily, ritualistic, intentional practice of Sufi meditation Tamarzok, Sufi Zikr and art making in the life of a female art therapist graduate student, in a transitional professional and developmental stage of life. The general psychology and art therapy literature were examined to look at contemporary understanding in the integration of spirituality and art in mental health. A lack of information in the art therapy literature prompted the interest in the development of this study to respond to this inquiry. This art-centered research informed by a heuristic, phenomenological, dialectical inquiry of self-examination, encompassed the practice of Sufi Zikr and Sufi meditation Tamarkoz as understood from the perspective of the Sufi Order Maktab Tarighat Oveyssi Shahmaghsoudi School of Islamic Sufism, followed by art making as a way of documenting and contextualizing the qualities of the internal and external emotional landscapes to uncover themes and broaden self-knowledge in the support and enhancement of growth and well-being. The data was analyzed by looking at emergent themes. Conclusions drawn aligned the combined practices of art making and spirituality to that of a relational home where the Self and all parts of the psyche can coexist and contextualized for meanings to emerge and healing to take place. The findings of this inquiry were in overall alignment with the reviewed art therapy literature; gaps in the reviewed literature were noted in the exploration of the somatic component of the practice of art making as it relates to healing. Further research is warranted to expand and explore the data and the uncovered areas. art therapy spirituality Sufi Zikr Sufi meditation Tamarkoz Islamic Sufism mandala wellness Art Therapy Medicine and Health Sciences Mental and Social Health
3	Der Weg der Sa`dīya / The path of the Sa`dīya Abbe, Susan 30 November 2005 (has links) No description available. 290 Andere Religionen KDB Philosophy Sa`dīya Ğibāwīya Sufiorden Ţarīqa Sufitum Sufismus islamische Mystik Sa`d ad-Dīn al-Ğibāwī Handschrift Islam Gottesfreund Gnadenwunder karāma silsila Meister Ordensmeister Syrien Damaskus Aleppo Sufi Order Sufism Islamic Mysticism Manuscript Islam Friend of God miracle Syria Damascus Aleppo 11.80 11.83

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