In Search of the Lost Heart : Explorations in Islamic Thought

by Chittick, William C.; Rustom, Mohammed; Khalil, Atif; Murata, Kazuyo

• ISBN13: 9781438439365
• ISBN10: 1438439369
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-07-02
• Publisher: State Univ of New York Pr

Summary

Renowned scholar William C. Chittick explores the worldview of Islam in a series of essays written over thirty-six years.

Author Biography

William C. Chittick is Professor of Religious Studies at Stony Brook University, State University of New York. He is the author and translator of numerous books and articles on Islamic throught, Sufism, Shiism, and Persian literature. His books include The Self-Disclosure of God: Principles of Ibn al-Arabis Cosmology; Imagined Worlds: Ibn al-Arab"i and the Problem of Religious Diversity; Faith and Practice of Islam: Three Thirteenth-Century Sufi Texts; The Sufi Path of Knowledge: Ibn al-Araln's Metaphysics of Imagination; The Sufi Path of Love: The Spiritual Teachings of Rumi, and A Shiite Anthology, all published by SUNY Press. Mohammed Rustom is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Carleton University. Atif Khalil is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Lethbridge. Kazuyo Murata is a doctoral candidate in Islamic Studies at Yale University.

Table of Contents

A Note on Transliteration and Style	p. ix
Editors' Introduction	p. xi
Sufism and the Islamic Tradition
Islam in Three Dimensions	p. 3
The Bodily Gestures of the Salat	p. 23
Weeping in Islam and the Sufi Tradition	p. 27
A Shadhili Presence in Shi'ite Islam	p. 39
The Pluralistic Vision of Persian Sufi Poetry	p. 43
The Real Shams-i Tabriz!	p. 49
The Koran as the Lover's Mirror	p. 57
Ibn al-æcArabi and His Influence
A History of the Term Wahdat al-Wujud	p. 71
The Question of Ibn al-æArabi's "Influence" on Rumi	p. 89
Ibn al-æArabi on the Benefit of Knowledge	p. 101
Qunawi, Neoplatonism, and the Circle of Ascent	p. 113
Farghani on Oneness and Manyness	p. 133
Jami on the Perfect Man	p. 143
Two Treatises by Khwaja Khurd	p. 153
A Debate Between the Soul and the Spirit	p. 171
A Chishti Handbook from Bijapur	p. 181
Islamic Philosophy
Rumi and the Wooden Leg of Reason	p. 201
Baba Afdal's Psychology	p. 211
Mulla Sadra on Perception	p. 221
Eschatology in Islamic Thought	p. 233
The Circle of Life	p. 259
The Goal of Philosophy	p. 267
Reflections on Contemporary Issues
The Metaphysical Roots of War and Peace	p. 277
Harmony with the Cosmos	p. 291
Stray Camels in China	p. 299
In Search of the Lost Heart	p. 313
A Chronological List of Historical Figures Cited	p. 327
Chapter Sources	p. 329
Books by William C. Chittick	p. 331
Notes	p. 335
Bibliography	p. 365
Index of Koranic Passages	p. 375
Index of Hadiths and Sayings	p. 383
Index of Names and Technical Terms	p. 387
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