Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Introduction Part I 1. Tracing Sufism's Relation to Islam 2. The Genesis of Sufism in the West 3. Currents of Sufi Teaching in Twentieth-Century North America Part II 4. Adapting Sufism in North America 5. North American Sufi Teachers on Sufism and Islam Conclusion Notes Glossary References Index

About the Author

William Rory Dickson is Assistant Professor of Islamic Religion and Culture at the University of Winnipeg.

Reviews

"...Dickson takes a risk by making himself a trendsetter in this emerging field, and he succeeds admirably." - New Books Network "...thoroughly informed and informative." - Midwest Book Review "Living Sufism in North America is the first book of its kind to bridge the gap between Sufi studies and the study of North American contemporary religious movements. As such, it is a comprehensive, pioneering work of potential interest to a wide array of scholars in the field of contemporary religion." - Patrick Laude, author of Pathways to an Inner Islam: Massignon, Corbin, Guenon, and Schuon