Sufism East and West in Qudratullāh Shahāb’s Shahābnāma
DOI https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.13292398
Abstract: In this study of Sufi elements in the Shahābnāma, the autobiography of Qudratullāh Shahāb, I would like to reflect on the themes of cross-cultural exchange and contact, as well as diverse literary, philosophical, and even religious or spiritual strands that extend and inspire individuals to probe some of the more profound mysteries of the human condition.
Keywords: Qudratullāh Shahāb, Shahābnāma, Sufism, Western Sufism, Indian Sufism
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Sufism East and West in Qudratullāh Shahāb’s Shahābnāma by Marcia Hermnasen is licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0
Marcia Hermansen is Professor and Director, Islamic World Studies in the Theology Department, Loyola University, Chicago, United States of America. She earned a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in Arabic and Islamic Studies. Her graduate training included study of Arabic, Persian, and Urdu though language training in the respective countries. She specializes in Sufism, Islamic thought, Muslims in America, Shah Waliullah, Islam and Muslims in South Asia, and women and gender in Islam. Among her many publications are Muslima Theology: The Voices of Muslim Women Theologians (Peter Lang, 2013); Islam, Religions, and Pluralism in Europe (Springer 2016) and Religious Diversity at School: Educating for New Pluralistic Contexts, (Springer 2021).
mherman@luc.edu
