Cultivating Charismatic Power

Presents the first in-depth English language study of a Chinese Qadiriyya Sufi community Relevant to currently trending discussions of Islam and the growing influence of China on the global stage Based on twelve months of fieldwork at the Qadiriyya Sufi shrine - Guo Gongbei - in the Muslim-majority city of Linxia, Gansu Province, Northwest China

Autorentext
Tiffany Cone, PhD, is Assistant Professor of Humanities at the Asian University for Women in Chittagong, Bangladesh. She has published in The China Journal and The Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology.

Inhalt

1. 'Islamic Leadership in and Outside of China'.- 2. 'Charisma and the Exemplary Saint: Narrative and Names'.- 3. Charisma and the Disciplined Body.- 4. Charisma and Emulation: Daily Disciplines of Students and Religious Adherents.- 5. Charisma and Ritual: Social Distance and Proximity.- 6. Charisma and Religious Capital: Mobility and Education.- 7. Contentious Charisma.