In Search of the Lost Heart
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Chittick draws upon the writings of towering figures such as Ibn al-'Arabi, Rumi, and Mulla ¿adra, as well as other important, but lesser-known thinkers, as he engages with a wide variety of topics, such as the nature of being and knowledge, the relationship between love and scriptural hermeneutics, the practical and theoretical dimensions of Islamic mysticism, the phenomenon of religious diversity, and the ecological crisis.
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William C. Chittick is Professor of Religious Studies at Stony Brook University, State University of New York. He is the author and translator of numerous books and articles on Islamic thought, Sufism, Shi'ism, and Persian literature. His books include The Self-Disclosure of God: Principles of Ibn al-'Arabi's Cosmology; Imaginal Worlds: Ibn al-'Arabi and the Problem of Religious Diversity; Faith and Practice of Islam: Three Thirteenth-Century Sufi Texts; The Sufi Path of Knowledge: Ibn al-'Arabi's Metaphysics of Imagination; The Sufi Path of Love: The Spiritual Teachings of Rumi; and A Shi'ite Anthology, all published by SUNY Press. Mohammed Rustom is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Carleton University. Atif Khalil is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Lethbridge. Kazuyo Murata is a doctoral candidate in Islamic Studies at Yale University.
Content
A Note on Transliteration and Style
Editors' Introduction
Part I. Sufism and the Islamic Tradition
1. Islam in Three Dimensions
2. The Bodily Gestures of the Salat
3. Weeping in Islam and the Sufi Tradition
4. A Shadhili Presence in Shi'ite Islam
5. The Pluralistic Vision of Persian Sufi Poetry
6. The Real Shams-i Tabrizi
7. The Koran as the Lover's Mirror
Part II. Ibn al-'Arabi and His Influence
8. A History of the Term Wahdat al-Wujud
9. The Question of Ibn al-'Arabi's "Influence" on Rumi
10. Ibn al-'Arabi on the Benefit of Knowledge
11. Qunawi, Neoplatonism, and the Circle of Ascent
12. Farghani on Oneness and Manyness
13. Jami on the Perfect Man
14. Two Treatises by Khwaja Khurd
15. A Debate Between the Soul and the Spirit
16. A Sufi Handbook from Bijapur
Part III. Islamic Philosophy
17. Rumi and the Wooden Leg of Reason
18. Baba Afdal's Psychology
19. Mulla Sadra on Perception
20. Eschatology in Islamic Thought
21. The Circle of Life
22. The Goal of Philosophy
Part IV. Reflections on Contemporary Issues
23. The Metaphysical Roots of War and Peace
24. Harmony with the Cosmos
25. Stray Camels in China
26. In Search of the Lost Heart
Appendix I: 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
General Index
