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Cultivating Charismatic Power

Islamic Leadership Practice in China

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Authors:
  1. Tiffany Cone

    1. Asian University for Women, Chittagong, Bangladesh

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  • 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

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Introduction: Islam, Sufism, and China

    • Tiffany Cone
    Pages 1-36

  3. Charisma and the Exemplary Saint: Narratives and Names

    • Tiffany Cone
    Pages 37-65

  4. Charisma and the Disciplined Body

    • Tiffany Cone
    Pages 67-97

  5. Charisma and Emulation

    • Tiffany Cone
    Pages 99-117

  6. Charisma and Ritual: Social Distance and Proximity

    • Tiffany Cone
    Pages 119-139

  7. Charisma and Religious Capital: Mobility and Education

    • Tiffany Cone
    Pages 141-160

  8. Contentious Charisma

    • Tiffany Cone
    Pages 161-188

  9. Conclusions

    • Tiffany Cone
    Pages 189-199

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 201-215
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About this book

Islam and China are topics of relevance and contention in today’s economic, political and religious climate. In this work, Tiffany Cone makes an important contribution to these contemporary discourses through an ethnographic case study of Islamic leadership and the cultivation of charismatic power by Sufi disciples at a shrine site in Northwest China. Though this volume focuses on a specific religious community, it carries valuable insights into religious unity, syncretism and religious legitimacy, materialism and religious integrity, and the stability of religious institutions in light of rapid economic growth. Cultivating Charismatic Power speaks to global concerns about the rise of a militant Islam and an increasingly aggressive Chinese State.  As such, it will appeal to scholars and practitioners across a range of fields including anthropology, philosophy, religious studies, Islamic Studies, and Chinese Studies.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Asian University for Women, Chittagong, Bangladesh

    Tiffany Cone

About the author

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.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Cultivating Charismatic Power

  • Book Subtitle: Islamic Leadership Practice in China

  • Authors: Tiffany Cone

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-74763-7

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-74762-0Published: 24 May 2018

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-09072-2Published: 19 December 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-74763-7Published: 08 May 2018

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 215

  • Number of Illustrations: 5 b/w illustrations, 9 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Ethnography, Cultural Anthropology, Islam

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