Pilgrims of Love: The Anthropology of a Global Sufi Cult

Sufism as a transnational religious movement stamping the earth with the name of Allah - diaspora, Zikr and the sacralising of space Karamat - charismatic authority, miraculous narratives and the power of travelling theories Langar - pilgrimage, exchange and perpetual sacrifice murids of the saint - migration, occupational guilds and redemptive sociality Muhabbat - for the love of my saint Nafs - the journey of the soul and the quest for mystical revelation the trade in Tawiz - affliction and the quest for healing writing culture, writing politics Du'a - popular culture and powerful blessing of the Urs words and deeds - the death and rebirth of a living saint geographies of charisma.