Sufism & Modernity
Workshop By Prof Marcia Hermansen
Date: Tuesday 16 January 2007
Time: 7.45 p.m.
Venue: #04-01 Wisma Indah
448 Changi Road (near Kembangan MRT)
Fee: $20 each
Organised in collaboration with the US Embassy, Singapore.
Prof Marcia Hermansen
Prof Marcia K. Hermansen is an American Muslim scholar who teaches Islamic Studies and directs the Islamic World Studies program at Loyola University Chicago.
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About the Workshop
The workshop will discuss various currents in contemporary Islamic thought while addressing the role of Sufism. In particular, it considers the role that Sufism might play in the new global alter’native’ modernities that are emerging in a range of Muslim societies. The discussion will include Islamic modernist thought, traditionalism, progressive Islam and “engaged” Sufism, “New Age” Sufis, and the role of Sufi Orders, including “post-tariqa” Sufism.