Piety on Its Knees: Three Sufi Traditions in South Asia in Modern Times

by Claudia Liebeskind

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This study analyses religious changes in Sufism in South Asia in the modern period. It sets out the detailed workings of three different sufi traditions in Awadh and charts their responses to the growth of the colonial state, as well as to the emergence of Muslim movements of revival and reform and the spread of western education.
  • ISBN13 9780195643091
  • Publish Date 1 October 1998
  • Publish Status Unknown
  • Out of Print 23 July 2009
  • Publish Country IN
  • Imprint OUP India
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 356
  • Language English