Ottoman Puritanism and its Discontents

About the book

Ottoman Puritanism and Its Discontents: Ahmad al-Aqhisari and the Qadizadelis considers the emergence of a new activist Sufism in the Muslim world from the sixteenth century onwards, which emphasized personal responsibility for putting God's guidance into practice. Mustapha Sheikh focuses specifically on developments at the centre of the Ottoman Empire, but also considers both how they might have been influenced by the wider connections and engagements of learned and holy men and how their influ...Show more