Stephen Schwartz, The Other Islam: Sufism and the Road to Global Harmony (New York and London: Doubleday, 2008), pp. x + 275, £15.94, ISBN 978-0385518192 (hbk).

Gëzim Alpion

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Stephen Schwartz, The Other Islam: Sufism and the Road to Global Harmony (New York and London: Doubleday, 2008), pp. x + 275, £15.94, ISBN 978-0385518192 (hbk).

In: International Journal of Public Theology

Author: Gëzim Alpion¹

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¹ University of Birmingham, UK

Online Publication Date:: 01 Jan 2012

The Other Islam: Sufism and the Road to Global Harmony is an ambitious and inspired intellectual endeavour on many levels. In this work Stephen Schwartz undertakes to encapsulate on an encyclopaedic scale the story of Sufism, one of the most fascinating and so far relatively unknown and largely ignored, underestimated, abused and often persecuted ‘sects’ of Islam both in the Muslim world and globally, covering almost everything of importance regarding its achievements and setbacks from its inception in the twelfth century (perhaps earlier) until the start of the twenty-first century.

According to Schwartz, Sufism has contributed considerably in spreading

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Title:: Stephen Schwartz, The Other Islam: Sufism and the Road to Global Harmony (New York and London: Doubleday, 2008), pp. x + 275, £15.94, ISBN 978-0385518192 (hbk).

Article Type:: Book Review

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1163/156973212X635118

Language:: English

Pages:: 257–258

In:: International Journal of Public Theology

In:: Volume 6: Issue 2

Publisher:: Brill

E-ISSN:: 1569-7320

Print ISSN:: 1872-5171

Subjects:: General, Theology and World Christianity, Sociology of Religion, Religious Studies, Religion & Society, Social Sciences, Practical Theology, Philosophy, Theology & Science, Jewish Studies

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Stephen Schwartz, The Other Islam: Sufism and the Road to Global Harmony (New York and London: Doubleday, 2008), pp. x + 275, £15.94, ISBN 978-0385518192 (hbk).

In: International Journal of Public Theology

Author: Gëzim Alpion¹

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¹ University of Birmingham, UK

Online Publication Date:: 01 Jan 2012

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According to Schwartz, Sufism has contributed considerably in spreading

Title:: Stephen Schwartz, The Other Islam: Sufism and the Road to Global Harmony (New York and London: Doubleday, 2008), pp. x + 275, £15.94, ISBN 978-0385518192 (hbk).

Article Type:: Book Review

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1163/156973212X635118

Language:: English

Pages:: 257–258

In:: International Journal of Public Theology

In:: Volume 6: Issue 2

Publisher:: Brill

E-ISSN:: 1569-7320

Print ISSN:: 1872-5171

Subjects:: General, Theology and World Christianity, Sociology of Religion, Religious Studies, Religion & Society, Social Sciences, Practical Theology, Philosophy, Theology & Science, Jewish Studies

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