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Religion and revolution : spiritual and political Islam in Ernesto Cardenal / by John Andrew Morrow ; foreword by Zafar Bangash : featuring "Interlude of the revolution in Iran" by Ernesto Cardenal and "Ernesto Cardenal in Iran : a visual voyage" by Nita M. Renfrew.
LIBRA PQ7519.C34 Z76 2012
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Morrow, John A. (John Andrew), 1971-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cardenal, Ernesto--Criticism and interpretation.
- Cardenal, Ernesto.
- Cardenal, Ernesto--Themes, motives.
- Islam in literature.
- Themes, motives.
- Criticism and interpretation.
- Physical Description:
- xxi, 339 pages: illustrations; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars, 2012.
- Summary:
- Religion and Revolution provides a comprehensive study of spiritual and political Islam in Ernesto Cardenal, the great Latin American poet, priest, and revolutionary. The work studies the relationship between Thomas Merton and Sufism, Cardenal's connection to spiritual Islam, as well as the Sufi sources cited in his Cosmic Canticle. The work equally examines the impact of political Islam on his ideology, focusing particularly on his trip to Iran during the very triumph of the Islamic Revolution. Using Caardenal's "Interlude of the Revolution in Iran" as a starting point, the work provides a vivid and detailed description of the early days of the revolution as well as the ties between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Latin American left. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 Thomas Merton and SGfism: The Influence of Cardenal's Mystical Mentor 4
- Chapter 2 Sufi Sources in the Poetry of Ernesto Cardenal 11
- Chapter 3 Political Islam in Ernesto Cardenal 40
- Chapter 4 Cardenal and the Islamic Revolution of Iran 45
- Chapter 5 Cardenal's Defense of Islamic Modest Dress 59
- Chapter 6 Cardenal and Khomeini: Revolutionary Christianity meets Revolutionary Islam 67
- Chapter 7 Cardenal and Khomeini: Socio-Political and Spiritual Similarities 96
- Chapter 8 Iran in Latin America and Latin America in Iran: The Islamist-Leftist Alliance 114
- Chapter 9 Cardenal's Criticism of the Prophet, Islam, and the Islamic Revolution of Iran 174
- Chapter 10 Cardenal's Solidarity with the Muslim World 194
- Chapter 11 Orthodoxy and Heterodoxy in Cardenal 212.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 236-261) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Samuel P. Orlando Fund.
- Contains:
- Cardenal, Ernesto. Interludio de la revolución en Iran. English.
- ISBN:
- 1443837679
- 9781443837675
- OCLC:
- 792927790
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