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Islamic Philosophy, Theology and Mysticism

Author : Majid Fakhry
Publisher : One World (UK)
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Islamic Philosophy, Theology and Mysticism written by Majid Fakhry and published by One World (UK). This book was released on 2000 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the introduction of Greek Philosophy into the Muslim world in the eighth century to modern times, this book charts the evolution and interactions of philosophy, theology and mysticism in the Islamic context. In a succinct but comprehensive guide, Majid Fakhry highlights key individuals, movements, concepts and writings, and explores the conflicts and controversies between anti-and pro- philosophical parties that have characterised the development of Islamic thought. The book also features coverage of: * the translation of ancient texts and their transmission to the Muslim world * The development of a systematic philosophy in Islam * Theology, mysticism and the development of Sufism *Contemporary trends Accessible and stimulating, this book will be appreciated by students, scholars and all those interested in broadening their knowledge of the Islamic tradition.

Early Islamic Mysticism

Author : Michael Anthony Sells
Publisher : Paulist Press
ISBN 13 : 9780809136193
Total Pages : 420 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (361 download)

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Download or read book Early Islamic Mysticism written by Michael Anthony Sells and published by Paulist Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume makes available and accessible the writings of the crucial early period of Islamic mysticism during which Sufism developed as one of the world's major mystical traditions. The texts are accompanied by commentary on their historical, literary and philosophical context.

Early Muslim Mystics and Philosophers

Author : Shah M. Bijli
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Early Muslim Mystics and Philosophers written by Shah M. Bijli and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Inspired Knowledge in Islamic Thought

Author : Alexander Treiger
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136655611
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (366 download)

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Download or read book Inspired Knowledge in Islamic Thought written by Alexander Treiger and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2011-08-22 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It has been customary to see the Muslim theologian Abu Hamid al-Ghazali (d. 1111) as a vehement critic of philosophy, who rejected it in favour of Islamic mysticism (Sufism), a view which has come under increased scrutiny in recent years. This book argues that al-Ghazali was, instead, one of the greatest popularisers of philosophy in medieval Islam. The author supplies new evidence showing that al-Ghazali was indebted to philosophy in his theory of mystical cognition and his eschatology, and that, moreover, in these two areas he accepted even those philosophical teachings which he ostensibly criticized. Through careful translation into English and detailed discussion of more than 80 key passages (with many more surveyed throughout the book), the author shows how al-Ghazali’s understanding of "mystical cognition" is patterned after the philosophyof Avicenna (d. 1037). Arguing that despite overt criticism, al-Ghazali never rejected Avicennian philosophy and that his mysticism itself is grounded in Avicenna’s teachings, the book offers a clear and systematic presentation of al-Ghazali’s "philosophical mysticism." Challenging popular assumptions about one of the greatest Muslim theologians of all time, this is an important reference for scholars and laymen interested in Islamic theology and in the relations between philosophy and mysticism.

A History of Islamic Philosophy

Author : Majid Fakhry
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780231132206
Total Pages : 472 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (322 download)

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Download or read book A History of Islamic Philosophy written by Majid Fakhry and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first comprehensive survey of Islamic philosophy from the seventh century to the present, this classic discusses Islamic thought and its effect on the cultural aspects of Muslim life. Fakhry shows how Islamic philosophy has followed from the earliest times a distinctive line of development, which gives it the unity and continuity that are the marks of the great intellectual movements of history.

Analytic Islamic Philosophy

Author : Anthony Robert Booth
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137541571
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (375 download)

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Download or read book Analytic Islamic Philosophy written by Anthony Robert Booth and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-01-31 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is an introduction to Islamic Philosophy, beginning with its Medieval inception, right through to its more contemporary incarnations. Using the language and conceptual apparatus of contemporary Anglo-American ‘Analytic’ philosophy, this book represents a novel and creative attempt to rejuvenate Islamic Philosophy for a modern audience. It adopts a ‘rational reconstructive’ approach to the history of philosophy by affording maximum hermeneutical priority to the strongest possible interpretation of a philosopher’s arguments while also paying attention to the historical context in which they worked. The central canonical figures of Medieval Islamic Philosophy – al-Kindi, al-Farabi, Avicenna, al-Ghazali, Averroes – are presented chronologically along with an introduction to the central themes of Islamic theology and the Greek philosophical tradition they inherited. The book then briefly introduces what the author collectively refers to as the ‘Pre-Modern’ figures including Suhrawardi, Mulla Sadra, and Ibn Taymiyyah, and presents all of these thinkers, along with their Medieval predecessors, as forerunners to the more modern incarnation of Islamic Philosophy: Political Islam.

Perspectives on Early Islamic Mysticism

Author : Sara Sviri
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134413173
Total Pages : 383 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (344 download)

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Download or read book Perspectives on Early Islamic Mysticism written by Sara Sviri and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-10-21 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This monograph explores the original literary produce of Muslim mystics during the eighth–tenth centuries, with special attention to ninth-century mystics, such as al-Tustarī, al-Muḥāsibī, al-Kharrāz, al-Junayd and, in particular, al-Ḥakīm al-Tirmidhī. Unlike other studies dealing with the so-called ‘Formative Period’, this book focuses on the extant writings of early mystics rather than on the later Ṣūfī compilations. These early mystics articulated what would become a hallmark of Islamic mysticism: a system built around the psychological tension between the self (nafs) and the heart (qalb) and how to overcome it. Through their writings, already at this early phase, the versatility, fluidity and maturity of Islamic mysticism become apparent. This exploration thus reveals that mysticism in Islam emerged earlier than customarily acknowledged, long before Islamic mysticism became generically known as Ṣūfism. The central figure of this book is al-Ḥakīm al-Tirmidhī, whose teaching and inner world focus on themes such as polarity, the training of the self, the opening of the heart, the Friends of God (al-awliyāʾ), dreams and visions, divine language, mystical exegesis and more. This book thus offers a fuller picture than hitherto presented of the versatility of themes, processes, images, practices, terminology and thought models during this early period. The volume will be a key resource for scholars and students interested in the study of religion, Ṣūfī studies, Late Antiquity and Medieval Islam.

Freethinkers of Medieval Islam

Author : Sarah Stroumsa
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9789004113749
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (137 download)

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Download or read book Freethinkers of Medieval Islam written by Sarah Stroumsa and published by BRILL. This book was released on 1999-01-01 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book studies the phenomenon of freethinking in medieval Islam, as exemplified in the figures of Ibn al-R wand and Ab Bakr al-R z . It reconstructs their thought and analyzes the relations of the phenomenon to Islamic prophetology and its repercussions in Islamic thought.

The Mystics of Islam

Author : Reynold Alleyne Nicholson
Publisher : Library of Alexandria
ISBN 13 : 1613106637
Total Pages : 154 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (131 download)

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Download or read book The Mystics of Islam written by Reynold Alleyne Nicholson and published by Library of Alexandria. This book was released on 2020-09-28 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

History Of Philosophy In Islam

Author : J T DenBoer
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136101705
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (361 download)

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Download or read book History Of Philosophy In Islam written by J T DenBoer and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-01-11 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide.

The Islamic Intellectual Tradition in Persia

Author : Mehdi Amin Razavi Aminrazavi
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136781129
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (367 download)

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Download or read book The Islamic Intellectual Tradition in Persia written by Mehdi Amin Razavi Aminrazavi and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-12-16 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume gathers together the numerous essays by the Iranian metaphysician and ontologist, Seyyed Hossein Nasr, on Islamic philosophers and the intricate relationship between Persian culture and its philosophical schools. Brought together into a single volume for the first time, these essays span four decades of Nasr's prolific and learned scholarship on the development of Islamic philosophy, as well as the general history of Islam, and expound his belief that philosophy is not merely a rational but a sacred activity.

History Of Islamic Philosophy

Author : Henry Corbin
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135198896
Total Pages : 462 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (351 download)

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Download or read book History Of Islamic Philosophy written by Henry Corbin and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-06-23 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1993. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Islamic Philosophy from Its Origin to the Present

Author : Seyyed Hossein Nasr
Publisher : State University of New York Press
ISBN 13 : 0791481557
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (914 download)

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Download or read book Islamic Philosophy from Its Origin to the Present written by Seyyed Hossein Nasr and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2006-05-11 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive overview of the Islamic philosophical tradition. AIslamic Philosophy from Its Origin to the Present offers a comprehensive overview of Islamic philosophy from the ninth century to the present day. As Seyyed Hossein Nasr attests, within this tradition, philosophizing is done in a world in which prophecy is the central reality of life—a reality related not only to the realms of action and ethics but also to the realm of knowledge. Comparisons with Jewish and Christian philosophies highlight the relation between reason and revelation, that is, philosophy and religion. Nasr presents Islamic philosophy in relation to the Islamic tradition as a whole, but always treats this philosophy as philosophy, not simply as intellectual history. In addition to chapters dealing with the general historical development of Islamic philosophy, several chapters are devoted to later and mostly unknown philosophers. The work also pays particular attention to the Persian tradition. Nasr stresses that the Islamic tradition is a living tradition with significance for the contemporary Islamic world and its relationship with the West. In providing this seminal introduction to a tradition little-understood in the West, Nasr also shows readers that Islamic philosophy has much to offer the contemporary world as a whole. Seyyed Hossein Nasr is University Professor of Islamic Studies at The George Washington University. He is the author and editor of many books, including Islam: Religion, History, and Civilization.

Sufism

Author : Arthur John Arberry
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 9780486419589
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (195 download)

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Download or read book Sufism written by Arthur John Arberry and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2002-01-01 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A concise but authentic account." — Islamic Review. The first concise history of Sufism to appear in any language, this work remains among the best. A noted scholar offers insights into every aspect of Sufism, from interpretation of the word of God and the life of the Prophet to the theorists of Sufism, the structure of Sufi theory and practice, and more.

The Story of Reason in Islam

Author : Sari Nusseibeh
Publisher : Stanford University Press
ISBN 13 : 1503600580
Total Pages : 285 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (36 download)

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Download or read book The Story of Reason in Islam written by Sari Nusseibeh and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2016-11-09 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Story of Reason in Islam, leading public intellectual and political activist Sari Nusseibeh narrates a sweeping intellectual history—a quest for knowledge inspired by the Qu'ran and its language, a quest that employed Reason in the service of Faith. Eschewing the conventional separation of Faith and Reason, he takes a fresh look at why and how Islamic reasoning evolved over time. He surveys the different Islamic schools of thought and how they dealt with major philosophical issues, showing that Reason pervaded all disciplines, from philosophy and science to language, poetry, and law. Along the way, the best known Muslim philosophers are introduced in a new light. Countering received chronologies, in this story Reason reaches its zenith in the early seventeenth century; it then trails off, its demise as sudden as its appearance. Thereafter, Reason loses out to passive belief, lifeless logic, and a self-contained legalism—in other words, to a less flexible Islam. Nusseibeh's speculations as to why this occurred focus on the fortunes and misfortunes of classical Arabic in the Islamic world. Change, he suggests, may only come from the revivification of language itself.

The Attitude of Islam Towards Science and Philosophy

Author : Averroës
Publisher : Sarup & Sons
ISBN 13 : 9788176254137
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (541 download)

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Download or read book The Attitude of Islam Towards Science and Philosophy written by Averroës and published by Sarup & Sons. This book was released on 2003 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Prophetic Niche in the Virtuous City

Author : Hikmet Yaman
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004191062
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (41 download)

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Download or read book Prophetic Niche in the Virtuous City written by Hikmet Yaman and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2011-06-09 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book analyzes the concept of ḥikmah in early Islamic texts within a network of multiple conceptual interrelationships in the cross-disciplinary context of Muslim works, roughly up to al-Ghazali's lifetime. The word ḥikmah has a wide spectrum of connotations in these texts, because it basically contains all knowledge within human reach, and accordingly, received a range of diverse scholarly treatments. This work contextualizes ḥikmah in a nuanced fashion in the collective usage of early Muslim authors, mainly by lexicographers, exegetes, philosophers, and Sufis. For the first time in the field of Arabic and Islamic Studies, particularly in Islamic Philosophy and Sufism, this study explores the concept of ḥikmah in an all-embracing capacity. Ḥikmah is a central concept of Islamic thinking, related to almost all intellectual disciplines of Muslim scholarly tradition, but it has been insufficiently underlined and treated in earlier western scholarship.