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Sufism: Love and wisdom/ Jean-Louis Michon, Roger Gaetani

Material type: TextPublication details: Bloomington, Indiana World wisdom c2006Description: 301 p. : 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780941532754
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BP 189 .S783 2006
Contents:
Contents:
Sufi doctrine and method / Titus Burckhardt -- Sufism and Islam / William C. Chittick -- The vision of God according to Ibn ʻArab⁻i / Michel Chodkiewicz -- Approaching Sufism / Éric Geoffroy -- The prophetic model of the spiritual master in Islam / Denis Gril -- Ḥaq⁻iqa and Sharīʻa in Islam / René Guénon -- Sufi answers to questions on ultimate reality / Martin Lings -- Sufism in Muslim Spain / Angus Macnab -- "Walking upon the path of God like men"? Women and the feminine in the Islamic mystical tradition / Maria Massi Dakake -- Sacred music and dance in Islam / Jean-Louis Michon -- The spiritual needs of western man and the message of Sufism / Seyyed Hossein Nasr -- On the name Allāh / Leo Schaya -- Jesus in the Qurʼan: Selfhood and compassion -- An Akbari perspective / Reza Shah-Kazemi -- Aspects of Islamic esoterism / William Stoddart -- The quintessential esoterism of Islam / Frithjof Schuon.
Summary: Summary:Summary: For hundreds of years, the inner spiritual core of Islam has been the focus of Sufi thinkers. These essays allow the reader to understand the wisdom and history of Sufism.
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includes index

Contents:

Sufi doctrine and method / Titus Burckhardt --
Sufism and Islam / William C. Chittick --
The vision of God according to Ibn ʻArab⁻i / Michel Chodkiewicz --
Approaching Sufism / Éric Geoffroy --
The prophetic model of the spiritual master in Islam / Denis Gril --
Ḥaq⁻iqa and Sharīʻa in Islam / René Guénon --
Sufi answers to questions on ultimate reality / Martin Lings --
Sufism in Muslim Spain / Angus Macnab --
"Walking upon the path of God like men"? Women and the feminine in the Islamic mystical tradition / Maria Massi Dakake --
Sacred music and dance in Islam / Jean-Louis Michon --
The spiritual needs of western man and the message of Sufism / Seyyed Hossein Nasr --
On the name Allāh / Leo Schaya --
Jesus in the Qurʼan: Selfhood and compassion --
An Akbari perspective / Reza Shah-Kazemi --
Aspects of Islamic esoterism / William Stoddart --
The quintessential esoterism of Islam / Frithjof Schuon.

Summary:

For hundreds of years, the inner spiritual core of Islam has been the focus of Sufi thinkers. These essays allow the reader to understand the wisdom and history of Sufism.