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In search of the lost heart : explorations in Islamic thought / William C. Chittick ; edited by Mohammed Rustom, Atif Khalil, and Kazuyo Murata.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Chittick, William C.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sufism.
- Mysticism--Islam.
- Mysticism.
- Islam--Doctrines.
- Islam.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (414 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Albany : SUNY Press, c2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Renowned scholar William C. Chittick explores the worldview of Islam in a series of essays written over thirty-six years.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- A Note on Transliteration and Style
- Editors' Introduction
- Part I: Sufism and the Islamic Tradition
- Chapter 1: Islam in Three Dimensions
- Works, Faith, and Perfection
- Faith and Knowledge
- Iḥsān, Ikhlāṣ, and Taqwā
- Felicity
- Priorities
- Unveiling and Practice
- Chapter 2: The Bodily Gestures of the Ṣalāt
- Chapter 3: Weeping in Islam and the Sufi Tradition
- The Koran and Hadith
- Early Sufism
- Theological Implications
- Maybudī on Weeping
- Chapter 4: A Shādhilῑ Presence in Shi῾ite Islam
- Chapter 5: The Pluralistic Vision of Persian Sufi Poetry
- Chapter 6: The Real Shams-i Tabrīzī
- Chapter 7: The Koran as the Lover's Mirror
- Love and Interpretation
- A Lover's Approach to Scripture
- Part II: Ibn al-῾Arabī and His Influence
- Chapter 8: A History of the Term Waḥdat al-Wujūd
- Tawḥīd
- Ibn al-῾Arabī
- Ṣadr al-Dīn Qūnawī
- Mu᾿ayyid al-Dīn Jandī and Sa῾īd al-Dīn Farghānī
- Ibn Sab῾īn
- Awḥad al-Dīn Balyānī
- Sa῾d al-Dīn Ḥammūya and ῾Azīz al-Dīn Nasafī
- Ibn Taymiyya
- Orientalists
- The Meanings of the Term Waḥdat al-Wujūd
- Supporters
- Opponents
- Chapter 9: The Question of Ibn al-῾Arabī's "Influence" on Rūmī
- Ibn al-῾Arabī's "Influence" on the Mathnawī
- Ibn al-῾Arabī's "Influence" on ῾Aṭṭār (!)
- Chapter 10: Ibn al-῾Arabī on the Benefit of Knowledge
- Chapter 11: Qūnawī, Neoplatonism, and the Circle of Ascent
- Qūnawī and Neoplatonism
- The Circle of Being
- The Point at the Center
- The Circular Ascent
- The Human Soul
- Chapter 12: Farghānī on Oneness and Manyness
- The One and the Many
- Duality in the Cosmos
- The Two Extremes
- The Actual Situation
- Chapter 13: Jāmī on the Perfect Man
- The All-Comprehensive Name
- The Hidden Treasure
- God's Vicegerent
- Chapter 14: Two Treatises by Khwāja Khurd
- Khwāja Khurd
- The Treatise on the Gnostic.
- The Light of Oneness
- Chapter 15: A Debate Between the Soul and the Spirit
- The Setting
- The Debate
- The Mystery's Judgment
- The Birth of the Heart
- Final Union
- Chapter 16: A Chishtī Handbook from Bijapur
- Theory and Practice
- Shaykh Maḥmūd's Scheme
- Shaykh Maḥmūd's Commentary
- Part III: Islamic Philosophy
- Chapter 17: Rūmī and the Wooden Leg of Reason
- Chapter 18: Bābā Afḍal's Psychology
- Immortality
- The Argument from Wujūd
- Chapter 19: Mullā Ṣadrā on Perception
- Perception
- Levels of Perception
- Levels of Existence
- Presence
- Mental Existence
- The Potency of the Soul
- Chapter 20: Eschatology in Islamic Thought
- Eschatology in the Koran and the Hadith
- The Grave
- The Resurrection
- The Weighing
- The Book
- The Questioning
- The Pond
- The Path
- The Garden
- The Fire
- The Hour
- The Origin and the Return
- Man's Infinite Potentiality
- The Role of the Body
- Equilibrium and Deviation: Mercy and Wrath
- Death and the Barzakh
- The Lesser Resurrection
- The Greater Resurrection
- Chapter 21: The Circle of Life
- Life and Death
- Traversing the Circle
- Chapter 22: The Goal of Philosophy
- Part IV: Reflections on Contemporary Issues
- Chapter 23: The Metaphysical Roots of War and Peace
- Varieties of Peace
- Peace with God
- Peace with Caprice and This World
- War for God's Sake
- War Against God
- A Final Word
- Chapter 24: Harmony with the Cosmos
- The Signs of God
- Human Vicegerency
- The Servant of God
- Chapter 25: Stray Camels in China
- First Principles
- Two Perspectives
- Human Ambiguity
- The Precedence of Mercy
- The Priority of Inclusivism
- Chapter 26: In Search of the Lost Heart
- The Muslim Worldview
- The Human Situation
- The Path of Love
- The Original Heart
- Stages of Learning.
- Appendix I: A Chronological List of Historical Figures Cited
- Appendix II: Chapter Sources
- Appendix III: Books by William C. Chittick
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index of Koranic Passages
- Index of Hadiths and Sayings
- Index of Names and Technical Terms.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 9781438439372
- 1438439377
- 9781461903994
- 1461903998
- OCLC:
- 802046244
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