Nasr, Seyyed Hossein. creator text bibliography ilu Chicago ABC International Group c1999 1999 3rd ed. monographic eng

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204 p. ; 23 cm. 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. Seyyed Hossein Nasr. Includes bibliographical references and index. Sufism BP 189 .N38 1999 1871031419 99218748 DLC 990621 20160105104903.0 244975