Love and wisdom text xxu Bloomington, Indiana World wisdom c2006 monographic eng

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301 p. : 23 cm. 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. 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. Jean-Louis Michon, Roger Gaetani includes index Sufism BP 189 .S783 2006 9780941532754 2006003803 111206 20160105111621.0