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DOI
10.24972/ijts.2013.32.2.98
Abstract
The essay is controversial. The argument that Sufi-inspired transpersonal experiences, practices and processes are widespread does not match the popular view of Pakistan as a major homeland of Islamic ‘fundamentalism’ and militancy. Neither does the argument match the views of all those Islamists who bind Sufism to the transcendent theism of tradition. In various ways and to varying degrees, the most illustrious of Sufi saints move away from tradition and the alterity of the Godhead. For this reason Sufi saints can serve as a powerful font of transpersonal humanism, a universal humanism of humanity which plays a critical role in holding the nation together. Exploration of ‘transpersonal Pakistan’ also serves to illustrate a way of working as a transpersonal sociologist, and what the approach has to offer.
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Heelas, P. (2013). Heelas, P. (2013). “Transpersonal Pakistan.” International Journal of Transpersonal Studies, 32(2), 98–110.. International Journal of Transpersonal Studies, 32 (2). https://doi.org/10.24972/ijts.2013.32.2.98
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