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Naqshbandi Sufism in Southern Chile: A Case Study

Sebastián Pelayo Benavides Medina

Asian Research Journal of Arts & Social Sciences · pp. 52–68 · Published 5 Jan 2021

10.9734/arjass/2020/v12i430200

Abstract

The present article presents the motivations and perceptions of Chilean Naqshbandi Haqqani Sufis. The research sought a deeper understanding of the experience of these practices in contemporary Chile, studying a specific case and some of its effects on the social integration of the participants. Perceptions of the intercultural contact involved were recorded and analyzed, with phenomena such as prejudices and discrimination, considering the country’s mainly Christian context. The most important themes analyzed in the results were the centrality of the concept of “search” and the weight of the figure of the master as motivating factors

Oriental Chile Naqshbandi Sufism Islam religious experience.

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