About the Book: Framing key debates on Sufism in the context of major philosophical and theological debates, new age spirituality and postmodern thought, the book calls for revisiting the classical heritage of Sufism and clarifying key charges – deviation from the Revealed Norm and alien origins/influences, indulgence in moral/spiritual transgressions, ecstasies or airy abstractions – against it. It is in this context that key debates surrounding Kashmir’s Reshi-Sufi legacy are addressed as well. The book invites to a reading of Sufism as a path to reclaim wonder and beauty and as such it should interest every seeker. It foregrounds a trans-theistic reading of Sufism that involves openness to the other, doing everything as it should be ideally done, cultivating beauty, sincerity of purpose, science of stations/virtues, freedom, propriety and giving everything its due.

About the Author: Author, columnist and translator, Muhammad Maroof Shah has authored four books – The Problem of Evil in Muslim Philosophy: A Case Study of Iqbal, Muslim Modernism and the Problem of Modern Science, Enigma of Osho and Revisiting God Debate. He blogs at maroofshah.blogspot.com and Readers Blog of Times of India Sophia.