New research project on comics and religion
Religiomics is Marie Skłodowska-Curie Global Postdoctoral Fellowship project based at the University of Bologna in collaboration with Harvard University and Université de Lausanne (ID 101149839). It focuses on the relationship between religion and comics. RELIGIOMICS will address the following questions: (1) How do comics artists live and represent religion and spirituality? (2) How does the […]
New Book: Sufism in Europe, Islam, Esotericism, and the New Age
Sufism, the spiritual, mystical, and esoteric dimension of Islam, is experiencing a renewal in the 21st century. Charismatic Sufi masters have been able to revitalise their language, attracting new disciples and going beyond their cultural-geographic framework. This book describes the development of Sufism in Western Europe, particularly in France and Italy, through extended empirical research […]
Religious Dimensions of Conspiracy Theories Comparing and Connecting Old and New Trends
Religious Dimensions of Conspiracy Theories contributes to the study of conspiracy culture by analysing the religious and esoteric dimensions of conspiracy theories. The book examines both historical and contemporary examples to explore transnational and transhistorical continuities between religious doctrines, eschatologies, and conspiracy theories. It draws on a broad range of disciplinary insights from historians, sociologists, […]
Le soufisme en Europe: islam, ésotérisme et new age
Sufism, the spiritual, mystical, and esoteric dimension of Islam, is experiencing a renewal in the 21st century. Charismatic Sufi masters have been able to revitalize their language, attracting new disciples and going beyond their cultural-geographic framework. This book describes the development of Sufism in Western Europe, particularly in France and Italy, through extended empirical research […]
Esoteric Transfers and Constructions. Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
“Esoteric Transfers and Constructions is an important and original volume that brings together an impressive cast of scholars around a critical theme in the study of Western esotericism: namely, the critical links between Jewish, Christian, and Islamic mystical traditions. This volume should be of tremendous interest to anyone working in the areas of Western esotericism, […]
A Sufi, a Map, and the Crafty Serenissima
I’m thrilled to present to you the book Global Sufism: Boundaries, Strucutres, and Politics that I co-edited with Prof. Mark Sedgwick. I’m particularly proud because in this book we discuss a range of quite different topics, such as rap, literature, international politics, Sufi doctrines, etc., and because this book possesses a good balance between young and confirmed […]
Sufism and Politics in Contemporary Societies: Ethics and Democracy
The Sufi renewal of the 21st century, in particular in Europe and the Maghreb, is characterised by charismatic Sufi Masters, considered as “living saints”, such as Shaykh Nazim (Naqshbandiyya), Shaykh Hamza (Būdshīshiyya), Muzafer Ozak (Jerrahiyya-Khalwatiyya) and Shaykh Bentounes (ʿAlāwiyya). These Sufi Masters were capable of attracting new disciples from different cultures, ethnicities, social classes, and […]