William Rory Dickson
Biographic Data
| ID | 87582 |
|---|---|
| NAME | William Rory Dickson |
| GIVEN NAMES | William Rory |
| FAMILY NAME | Dickson |
| SIGNATURE | DICKSON W R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Winnipeg |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4688-8506 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
From the Divine to the Human: Contemporary Islamic Thinkers on Evil, Suffering, and the Global Pandemic , Edited by Muhammad U. Faruque and Mohammed Rustom
Caleb IyerElfenbein: Fear in Our Hearts: What Islamophobia Tells Us About America. New York: NYU Press, 2021; pp. xii + 227
Sufism and Shari'a: Contextualizing Contemporary Sufi Expressions
In this article I propose that questions about the nature of contemporary Sufism, especially in Western contexts, can be addressed with further precision and nuance by shifting the focus from Sufism's relationship to Islam, to its relationship to shari'a, or Islamic law (fiqh). As very few questioned Sufism's Islamic nature prior to the modern period, this analytical shift offers the advantage of contextualizing contemporary debates about Sufism …
Introduction: Special Issue on Contemporary Muslim Identity and Thought
Contemporary Muslim identity and thought include a remarkable diversity of trajectory, orientation, and debate
Between Islam and the New Age: The Jerrahi Order and categorical ambiguity in the study of Sufism in North America
Drawing upon our ethnographic research of the Jerrahi Sufi Order, in this paper we consider an analytical problem in the study of Sufism in North America. In engaging two distinct branches of the Jerrahi Order, we draw attention to the ways in which identities and practices shaped by classical Islamic law and theology cannot be easily parsed from those associated with the New Age movement in North America. We begin by offering a brief overview of…
Négociation du sacré à Philadelphie: Soufismes concurrents au sanctuaire de Bawa Muhaiyaddeen
This article is a case study of the Bawa Muhaiyaddeen shrine in Pennsylvania, United States. The authors illustrate how various ‘Sufisms’ coexist and engage in contestation over the way that Bawa’s remaining disciples, new members, and otherwise interested devotees utilize Bawa’s burial shrine. The Fellowship in Philadelphia has established links with spaces affiliated with Bawa Muhaiyaddeen in Sri Lanka as well as with branches of the Fellowship…
An American Sufism: The Naqshbandi-Haqqani Order as a Public Religion
The Naqshbandi-Haqqani Sufi order is a transnational religious organization. Founded by Shaykh Nazim al-Haqqani (b. 1922), the order spread throughout the Middle East in the 1950s and 1960s, and then to Britain in the 1970s. In 1990, Nazim's student Shaykh Hisham Kabbani moved to the United States and established a branch of the Naqshbandi-Haqqani order there. The past fifteen years have seen the emergence of this order as one of the most widespr…
An American Sufism: The Naqshbandi-Haqqani Order as a Public Religion
The Naqshbandi-Haqqani Sufi order is a transnational religious organization. Founded by Shaykh Nazim al-Haqqani (b. 1922), the order spread throughout the Middle East in the 1950s and 1960s, and then to Britain in the 1970s. In 1990, Nazim's student Shaykh Hisham Kabbani moved to the United States and established a branch of the Naqshbandi-Haqqani order there. The past fifteen years have seen the emergence of this order as one of the most widespr…
Sufism and Shari'a: Contextualizing Contemporary Sufi Expressions
In this article I propose that questions about the nature of contemporary Sufism, especially in Western contexts, can be addressed with further precision and nuance by shifting the focus from Sufism's relationship to Islam, to its relationship to shari'a, or Islamic law (fiqh). As very few questioned Sufism's Islamic nature prior to the modern period, this analytical shift offers the advantage of contextualizing contemporary debates about Sufism …
An American Sufism: The Naqshbandi-Haqqani Order as a Public Religion
The Naqshbandi-Haqqani Sufi order is a transnational religious organization. Founded by Shaykh Nazim al-Haqqani (b. 1922), the order spread throughout the Middle East in the 1950s and 1960s, and then to Britain in the 1970s. In 1990, Nazim's student Shaykh Hisham Kabbani moved to the United States and established a branch of the Naqshbandi-Haqqani order there. The past fifteen years have seen the emergence of this order as one of the most widespr…
Négociation du sacré à Philadelphie: Soufismes concurrents au sanctuaire de Bawa Muhaiyaddeen
This article is a case study of the Bawa Muhaiyaddeen shrine in Pennsylvania, United States. The authors illustrate how various ‘Sufisms’ coexist and engage in contestation over the way that Bawa’s remaining disciples, new members, and otherwise interested devotees utilize Bawa’s burial shrine. The Fellowship in Philadelphia has established links with spaces affiliated with Bawa Muhaiyaddeen in Sri Lanka as well as with branches of the Fellowship…
Between Islam and the New Age: The Jerrahi Order and categorical ambiguity in the study of Sufism in North America
Drawing upon our ethnographic research of the Jerrahi Sufi Order, in this paper we consider an analytical problem in the study of Sufism in North America. In engaging two distinct branches of the Jerrahi Order, we draw attention to the ways in which identities and practices shaped by classical Islamic law and theology cannot be easily parsed from those associated with the New Age movement in North America. We begin by offering a brief overview of…
Caleb IyerElfenbein: Fear in Our Hearts: What Islamophobia Tells Us About America. New York: NYU Press, 2021; pp. xii + 227
Sufism and Shari'a: Contextualizing Contemporary Sufi Expressions
In this article I propose that questions about the nature of contemporary Sufism, especially in Western contexts, can be addressed with further precision and nuance by shifting the focus from Sufism's relationship to Islam, to its relationship to shari'a, or Islamic law (fiqh). As very few questioned Sufism's Islamic nature prior to the modern period, this analytical shift offers the advantage of contextualizing contemporary debates about Sufism …
Introduction: Special Issue on Contemporary Muslim Identity and Thought
Contemporary Muslim identity and thought include a remarkable diversity of trajectory, orientation, and debate
From the Divine to the Human: Contemporary Islamic Thinkers on Evil, Suffering, and the Global Pandemic , Edited by Muhammad U. Faruque and Mohammed Rustom
Islam (5 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · Education and Islamic Studies (4 works) · Epistemology (4 works) · History (4 works) · Islamic Studies and History (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Sufism (4 works) · Political science (3 works) · Theology (3 works)