Christian Encounter with Sufism
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-041-19391-3 (ISBN)
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Drawing on a series of lectures delivered at Oxford, this book examines Christian-Sufi encounter through themes such as love, law, poetry, freedom, and mysticism - tracing both mutual influence and theological divergence. It explores how Sufism emerged and developed in dialogue with other traditions along the Silk Road, how figures like Rumi and Iqbal expressed mystical ideas in poetry and philosophy, and how Christian thinkers have engaged with these ideas across time. With chapters on the renewal of thought in both Islam and Christianity in the Middle East and South Asia, the book provides a differentiated and critical Christian perspective on Sufism - appreciating its spiritual richness while engaging its theological tensions.
Accessible yet grounded in deep scholarship, this book will appeal to students and scholars of theology, religious studies, Islamic studies, and Middle Eastern history, as well as to those involved in interfaith dialogue and Christian-Muslim engagement across the globe.
Michael Nazir-Ali is a member of the Ordinariate in the Catholic Church and Prelate to the Holy See, a professor of Theology at the Pontifical University of St Thomas (Angelicum) and a lector at Blackfriars Hall, Oxford. He serves as President of the Oxford Centre for Training, Research, Advocacy and Dialogue (OXTRAD) and was Anglican Bishop of Rochester from 1994-2009. Previously, he was General Secretary of the Church Mission Society and Bishop of Raiwind in Pakistan, where he has both Christian and Muslim family background. From 1999, he was a member of the House of Lords and served on the Human Fertilization and Embryology Authority (1997-2003), chairing its Ethics and Law Committee. He also chaired the Rochester Commission on women bishops and was President of the Network for Interfaith Relations of the Anglican Communion. Currently, he chairs the Christian Coalition for Education and the New Humanum Group. He has studied and taught at universities including Karachi, Oxford and Cambridge, and is author of several books, most recently The Mission and Ministry of the Church in England (2023).
Table of Contents
Series Editor's Preface
To Begin With: An Introduction to Christian Encounter with Sufism
Chapter 1 What is Mysticism?
Chapter 2 Monks, Magi and Mosques: Religion on the Silk Road
Chapter 3 Love and Law in Islam and Christianity
Chapter 4 The Origins and Development of Sufism
Chapter 5 The Mystical Poetry of Rumi and Iqbal
Chapter 6 Theism and Pantheism in Rumi
Chapter 7 Rumi and Freedom
Chapter 8 Rumi and Mystical Experience
Chapter 9 God and Creation in Rumi
Chapter 10 The Thought of ‘Allama Iqbal
Chapter 11 The Rise of Muslim Modernism and Revivalism
Chapter 12 The Renewal of Christian Thought in the Modern Middle East and South Asia
Concluding remarks
Bibliography
Index
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 1.6.2026 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Routledge Sufi Series |
| Zusatzinfo | 154 Line drawings, black and white; 154 Illustrations, black and white |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Themenwelt | Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Islam | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-041-19391-2 / 1041193912 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-041-19391-3 / 9781041193913 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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