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Sufi essays / Seyyed Hossein Nasr.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Chicago : ABC International Group, c1999.Edition: 3rd edDescription: 204 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 1871031419
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BP 189 .N38 1999
Contents:
Contents:
Sufism and the perennity of the mystical quest -- Sufism and the integration of man -- Revelation, intellect and reason in the Quran -- The Sufi master as exemplified in Persian Sufi literature -- The spiritual states in Sufism -- Man in the universe: permanence amidst apparent change -- Seventh-century Sufism and the School of Ibn ʻArabî -- Shi'ism and Sufism: their relationship in essence and in history -- Islam and the encounter of religions -- The ecological problem in the light of Sufism: the conquest of nature and the teachings of eastern science -- What does Islam have to offer to the modern world? -- From poem to narrative in Sufism.
Item type: Books
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Judith Thomas Library General Stacks BKS BP 189 .N38 1999 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) AUA001011 Available AUA001011

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Sufism and the perennity of the mystical quest --
Sufism and the integration of man --
Revelation, intellect and reason in the Quran --
The Sufi master as exemplified in Persian Sufi literature --
The spiritual states in Sufism --
Man in the universe: permanence amidst apparent change --
Seventh-century Sufism and the School of Ibn ʻArabî --
Shi'ism and Sufism: their relationship in essence and in history --
Islam and the encounter of religions --
The ecological problem in the light of Sufism: the conquest of nature and the teachings of eastern science --
What does Islam have to offer to the modern world? --
From poem to narrative in Sufism.