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John J. Curry is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, where he has taught courses in Islamic and world history since 2006. His most recent research has focused on Ottoman Sufi orders, and he has recently published The Transformation of Muslim Mystical Thought in the Ottoman Empire: The Rise of the Halveti Order, 1350-1650. Erik S. Ohlander is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Indiana University--Purdue University Fort Wayne. An historian of religion and specialist in Islamic studies, he has written widely in the areas of Islamic mysticism, Qur’anic studies, and Islamic intellectual history and religious movements.
This diverse collection of papers will appeal to a variety of readers. Its focus on political, social, and cultural contexts, illustrates clearly that the history of Sufijism belongs within any full conception of Islamic history. Thus for historians of all stripes, these papers will offer novel insights for debate, and new materials for consideration. - Richard McGregor, Vanderbilt University; Journal of Sufiji Studies 2 (2013). '[This text] is a pioneering project that provides us with new insights. The proposed re-reading of the existing sources presents us with an excellent academic model for treating Sufi sources, especially hagiographies, which were subjected to a long history of scholarly suspicion... [The authors'] treatment of the socio-political contexts of Sufi activities at different points in time and place lays the groundwork and provides the instruments for new research of a broader spectrum.' - Arin Salamah-Qudsi; JERUSALEM STUDIES IN ARABIC AND ISLAM 39, 2012. In summary, this is a welcome contribution to the scholarship on Sufism, and one hopes that the insights it contains may be used to both reassess methods and complicate the conclusions of past scholarship. Usaama al-Azami, Princeton University, New Jersey, USA By showcasing of some of the best research in this emerging field, the book has successfully highlighted its importance for future scholarship. - Harith bin Ramli, Cambridge Muslim College, Journal of Islamic Studies, vol 26, 2015, 332-334
