Table of Contents for Sufi Civilities

Sufi Civilities
Religious Authority and Political Change in Afghanistan
Annika Schmeding

List of Figures

Note on Transliteration Acknowledgmentsix

Introduction

1.Navigating the Past: Sufi Strategies of State Alignment, Contestation and Strategic Distance

2.Navigating Insecurity: Mullahs and Sufi Lodges

3.Navigating the Interior: Sufi Poetry as Islamic Education and Heritage

4.Gendered Navigation: Equality in Difference

5.Navigating the Divine through Dreams

Conclusion and Epilogue on Transitions

Glossary

Notes

References

Index

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