Dissident Women, Beguines, and the Quest for Spiritual Authority focuses on the responses of a group of twenty-first-century women to the lives and writings of thirteenth-century beguine mystics, and reveals how the struggle to discover their own inner spiritual authority connects two groups of women across centuries.
First published in 1927, An Anthology of Mysticism and Mystical Philosophy is a valuable contribution to the literature of mysticism in general, both in its theoretical and experimental aspects.
First published in 1927, An Anthology of Mysticism and Mystical Philosophy is a valuable contribution to the literature of mysticism in general, both in its theoretical and experimental aspects.
Shaikh Muhammad al-Muhammad al-Kasnazan al-Husayni (may Allah sanctify his secret) served as the Master of Tariqa ʿAliyya Qadiriyya Kasnazaniyya for over forty-two years, from early 1978 until he passed to Allah's mercy in the middle of 2020.
Dissident Women, Beguines, and the Quest for Spiritual Authority focuses on the responses of a group of twenty-first-century women to the lives and writings of thirteenth-century beguine mystics, and reveals how the struggle to discover their own inner spiritual authority connects two groups of women across centuries.
The ethical approaches to literature have come into prominence in the twentieth century, calling for a 'turn to ethics' in the studies of humanities, in general, and literary studies, in particular.
This volume complements the selections of Wilferd Madelung's articles previously published by Variorum (Religious Schools and Sects in Medieval Islam, and Religious and Ethnic Movements in Medieval Islam).
In this book, the writer tries to provide adequate objective images of Islamic mysticism without excessive or neglecting a desire to clarify the truth and an invitation to achieve purposeful dialogue and to bring different views and compose the inconsistent hearts.
Authoritative edition of Hafizs most important poems, including original Persian and brilliant English translationsRecent translations of Hafiz have been controversial.
In order to preserve contemporary understandings of the sciences, many figures of the Divine Action Project (DAP) held that God could never violate or suspend a law of nature, causing the marginalization of miracles from scholarly theology-science dialogue.
This volume complements the selections of Wilferd Madelung's articles previously published by Variorum (Religious Schools and Sects in Medieval Islam, and Religious and Ethnic Movements in Medieval Islam).
In the context of the simple, enjoyable and unconscious presentation, the writer presents the main landmarks of Sufism, and moves us from the nature of Sufism as a human sign, to the distinction between the many meanings of its meaning, to the difference between him and the forms of Sufism in other religions, and defined its methods, doctrines, literature and other outlets with an impact in this field.
Gabriela Mann's book explores the work of an Israeli psychoanalyst who encounters the trauma and tragedy of Israelis living in an environment saturated with existential anxieties and threats to their well-being.
Gabriela Mann's book explores the work of an Israeli psychoanalyst who encounters the trauma and tragedy of Israelis living in an environment saturated with existential anxieties and threats to their well-being.
In 1817, in what is now Iran, a child was born who would later claim to fulfill the deepest expectations of the Bible, the Qur'an, and centuries of religious longing.
In A Moth to the Flame, the first novel about the life of the Sufi Poet Rumi, based on original sources in both Farsi and English, we discover the key moments that shaped his genius.
