H2020Индивидуална стипендия2021–2023

SUFISM · Contemporary Sufi spirituality of the middle classes - global forms and regional peculiarities

„Хоризонт 2020“ — Действия „Мария Склодовска-Кюри“

Период: 2021-02-01 → 2023-01-31
Финансиране от ЕС: 207 312 €
Участници: 1
Схема: MSCA-IF

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Накратко на български

Съвременният суфизъм в Европа и неговите влияния в света се анализират чрез възгледите на духовни учители за Бога, свободата и справедливостта. Това помага да се разбере как религиозните вярвания влияят върху социалния ангажимент и отношението към човешките права.

Този кратък обзор е генериран от изкуствен интелект

Кратко обяснение, генерирано от езиков модел по текста на CORDIS. Оригиналът е по-долу.

Резултати накратко

Contemporary Sufi spirituality of the middle classes - global forms and regional peculiarities

This research project has explored the doctrinal views and teaching styles of the most important Sufi authorities in contemporary Europe, who have also been studied in their transcontinental influences, especially in North Africa, the United States, India or Eastern Europe. The central question was: What conceptions of God, the world, the human being, freedom, justice and social engagement do these Sufi authorities transmit in their teachings? The research was also intended to show how these conceptions are drawn upon by the Sufi teachers to respond to specific individual and societal demands and issues such as self-transformation, the protection of the environment, social peace or the implementation of human rights. I show that the kind of individual and social engagement called for is anchored in the basic philosophical-religious ideas of the respective Sufis. Last, I asked about the target audiences as well as about the form and social location of the teachings and showed the correlation of particular teaching positions, forms and target audiences. Beyond the academic interest, it is important for society to have an orientation with regard to the still growing field of spiritual offerings in Europe of which Sufism is a part, and furthermore, it is significant to understand that identification with certain teaching positions often entails a certain kind of social engagement that results from those teachings, put simply: What I believe God and the human being are results in what kind of individual and societal transformation I believe in and what I have to do for it.

Текст от CORDIS, на английски · Данни: CORDIS, © Европейски съюз

Цел на проекта

Sufism has shaped the lives of people from a wide variety of geographical regions, cultural contexts and social milieus almost from the beginning of Islam. While old and new forms of Sufism continue to exist, one can identify an interesting phenomenon in various geographical contexts since the middle of the 20th century: In various metropolises around the world, new Sufi authorities detach Sufism from its traditional organisation in “brotherhoods” (ṭuruq) and start spreading it through new media such as Sufi foundations, teaching institutes, lectures and workshops as well as through countless Sufi books and guides. An educated middle-class audience worldwide appropriates Sufism through these new forms and adopts it as a way of life that is perfectly compatible with modern urban contexts, whether secular and pluralistic or strongly dominated by a particular (state) religion. Whereas European, Arab and South Asian specificities shape the emergence of these new spiritual offerings, there seem to be formal and content-related elements that characterise a new offer of Sufi spirituality on a global level and in a cross-current manner. This study will contribute new knowledge of regional peculiarities, but also of global and cross-group aspects in this new modern Sufi spirituality and thus provide us with valuable insights into the structures, themes and institutionalisation forms of modern, global and highly successful spiritual offerings, which in a second step will allow us to understand the gaps that such offerings fill in our societies. In a detailed analysis shaped by a discourse theoretical perspective, I will compare the content, form, dissemination strategies and institutionalisation of the work of six important Sufi authors of the late 20th and early 21st century, which are embedded in different regional contexts and Sufi currents.

Оригинален текст от CORDIS (на английски).

Участници

AARHUS UNIVERSITET · Aarhus CКоординаторДания