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A soaring minaret : Abu Bakr al-Wasiti and the rise of Baghdadi Sufism / Laury Silvers.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Silvers, Laury, 1964-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Wāsiṭī, Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad, -approximately 971 or 972.
- Wāsiṭī, Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad.
- Sufis--Iraq--Baghdad--Biography.
- Sufis.
- Sufism--Iraq--Baghdad--Biography.
- Sufism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (154 p.)
- Other Title:
- Abu Bakr al-Wasiti and the rise of Baghdadi Sufism
- Place of Publication:
- Albany, NY : State University of New York Press, c2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The development of early Islamic mysticism and metaphysics is presented through the life and work of theologian Abu Bakr al-Wasiti.
- Contents:
- Wasiti and early sufism
- Wasiti's intellectual heritage
- Wasiti in Iraq
- Wasiti in Khurasan
- Wasiti and Sufi discourse
- Wasiti's theology
- Theological principles
- God's essence
- The attributes
- The acts
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (P. 129-136) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781438431727
- 1438431724
- 9781441668264
- 1441668268
- OCLC:
- 655742760
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