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8.1 Baghdad Mysticism Goes its Own Way. Junayd and His Contemporaries
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In Volume 4 | Part C, The Unification of Islamic Thought and the Flowering of Theology | Chapter 8, The Crisis

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Non-Muʿtazilite Sufism had existed in Baghdad for some time. We have presented the example of Bishr al-Ḥāfī;1 I…

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Josef van Ess, “8.1 Baghdad Mysticism Goes its Own Way. Junayd and His Contemporaries”, in: Theology and Society Online, Josef van Ess. Consulted online on 24 March 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/2589-7047_TSO_COM_04C0801>
First published online: 2018



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