The Heritage of Sufism

Classical Persian Sufism from Its Origins to Rumi (700-1300) v.1

Buch | Softcover

708 Seiten

1999
Oneworld Academic (Verlag)
978-1-85168-188-4 (ISBN)

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A study of the rise of Persian Sufi spirituality and literature in Islam during the first six Muslim centuries. This collection of 24 essays covers the key achievements of the Muslim intellectual and cultural tradition in history, mysticism, philosophy and poetry.

The first volume in a three-volume set, this is a study of the rise of Persian Sufi spirituality and literature in Islam during the first six Muslim centuries. This collection of 24 essays covers the key achievements of the Muslim intellectual and cultural tradition in history, mysticism, philosophy and poetry. It demonstrates the positive role played by Sufi thinkers during this period. The subjects covered include: Sufi masters and schools; literature and poetry; spiritual chivalry; divine love; Persian Sufi literature - Rumi and 'Attar.

Leonard Lewisohn was a specialist in Persian language and Sufi literature. He was the Iran Heritage Foundation Fellow and Senior Lecturer in Persian and Sufi Literature at the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, University of Exeter; a Research Associate in Esoteric Traditions in Islam in the Department of Academic Research at the Institute of Ismaili Studies, London; Fellow of the Temenos Academy; and Editor of Mawlana Rumi Review. He authored and translated over twelve volumes in the field of Sufi literature, including on Muhammad Shirin Maghrabi, Mahmud Shabistari, Attar, Hafiz and Rumi, as well as editing several volumes of collected essays on Sufism.

1.Introduction 1

2. Literary and Historical Beginnings 19

3. Sufi masters and Schools 59

4. Metaphysics and Hermeutics 199

5. Literature and Poetry 337

6. Divine love, Sainthood, Spiritual Disciplines and Stations 435

7. Spiritual Chivalry and Malamati spirituality 549

Erscheint lt. Verlag	24.6.1999
Zusatzinfo	Illustrations, black and white
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 216 mm
Gewicht	886 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Mittelalter
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Islam
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
ISBN-10	1-85168-188-4 / 1851681884
ISBN-13	978-1-85168-188-4 / 9781851681884
Zustand	Neuware