TY - BOOK ID - 134016873 TI - Female Mystics and the Divine Feminine in the Global Sufi Experience AU - Milani, Milad AU - Taheri, Zahra AU - Kars, Aydogan PY - 2022 PB - Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute DB - UniCat KW - Research & information: general KW - sacred feminine KW - divine feminine in Sufism KW - Sufi orders KW - female saints KW - female leadership in Sufism KW - Dewi Anjani KW - Nahdlatul Wathan KW - Lombok KW - Indonesia KW - indigenous feminine KW - Sufism KW - female mystic KW - divine feminine KW - phenomenology KW - history KW - mysticism KW - Aredvi Sura Anahita KW - Mount Qaf KW - Divine Feminine KW - Xvarnah KW - Khezr KW - mystical experience KW - Yunus Emre KW - the Feminine KW - hierophanic dialectics KW - deconstruction KW - literary analysis KW - phenomenology of Sufi KW - arfāq al-niswān (women’s donations) KW - sisters KW - mothers KW - ḥaqq al-wālida (mother’s right) KW - poverty KW - charity KW - khidma (service) KW - Sufism in Latin America KW - Islam in Latin America KW - gender and Sufism KW - Naqshbandiyya Haqqaniyya UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:134016873 AB - This book offers a specialized study focusing on the phenomenon of the female mystic and the divine feminine in the global Sufi experience. Drawing on classical and modern periods, it presents a considered approach to the topic from the disciplines of literature, history, religion, philosophy, language and linguistics, and anthropology. As each author offers their expertise in their respective fields, each article, therefore, whilst a standalone piece, contributes collectively to the multidisciplinary understanding of the female and the feminine in Sufi experience. The book addresses the topic from different points of view, showing the authors’ interest in subjectivity, literary and artistic productivity, as well as notable figures of importance, but narrows the purview of its examination to case studies, historical periods, and philosophical concerns of relevance. Focused areas of inquiry include the economic power of Sufi women in history; the hierophanic dialectics of mystical Islamic poetry with regard to “the feminine” experience in Yunus Emre; the ontology of the sacred feminine and female mystic in classical Sufi poiesis; the mystical autochthonous presence in local Sufi praxis of Indonesia; reconfigurations of gendered understanding in Argentinian Sufism; and symbolism and spiritual psychology in Sufi cosmology. This book is an interdisciplinary publication that brings together an international host of scholars from around the world, including University of Amsterdam, University of St Gallen, University of Haifa, Western Sydney University, Monash University, and Australian National University. ER -