Table of Contents

1. Introduction
2. Renunciation through Social Deviance
3. Renunciation, Deviant Individualism, and Sufism
4. Ascetic Virtuosi
5. Dervish Groups in Full Bloom, 1200-1500
6. Dervish Groups in the Ottoman Empire, 1450-1550
7. Renunciation in the Later Middle Period
8. Conclusion

About the Author

Ahmet T. Karamustafa is Associate Professor of Religious Studies Program at Washington University, St. Louis. He has edited numerous articles and edited books on Islam.