Imaginal Worlds by William C Chittick
In this book Chittick explains Ibn al-ʿArabī's concept of human perfection, his World of Imagination, and his teachings on why God's wisdom demands diversity of religious expression. He then suggests how these teachings can be employed to conceptualize the study of world religions in a contemporary context.
Ibn al-ʿArabī, known as the "Greatest Master,"is the most influential Muslim thinker of the past 600 years. This book is an introduction to his thought concerning the ultimate destiny of human beings, God and the cosmos, and the reasons for religious diversity. It summarizes many of Ibn al-ʿArabī's teachings in a simple manner. The ideas discussed are explained in detail.
The book is divided into three parts. In the first part Chittick explains Ibn al-ʿArabī's concept of human perfection; in the second part he looks at various implications of the World of Imagination; and in the third part he exposes Ibn al-ʿArabī's teachings on why God's wisdom demands diversity of religious expression, and he suggests how these teachings can be employed to conceptualize the study of world religions in a contemporary context.
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The Sufi Path of Love
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The Self-Disclosure of God
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Inrushes of the Heart
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The Anonymity of a Commentator
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The Wisdom of the Mystic East
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Rumi's Mystical Design
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Religion of Love
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Kernel of the Kernel
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The Leaven of the Ancients
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Islamic Philosophy from Its Origin to the Present
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Faith and Practice of Islam
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Islam and the Destiny of Man
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Return to the Eternal Abode
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Gulshan-i Rāz
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Inscriptions of Wisdom
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Cosmology and Architecture in Premodern Islam
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The Early Muslim Tradition of Dream Interpretation
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The Repose of the Spirits
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The Charismatic Community
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Sufi Wisdom
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Ahmad al-Ghaz?l?, Remembrance, and the Metaphysics of Love
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Sanctity and Mysticism in Medieval Egypt
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A Lover of God
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Bedeviled
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Metaphysical Institutions
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Mirror of the Intellect
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The Mystical Teachings of al-Shadhili
William C. Chittick is Associate Professor at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. He is the author of Faith and Practice of Islam; A Shi'ite Anthology; The Sufi Path of Knowledge: Ibn al- Arabi's Metaphysics of Imagination; and The Sufi Path of Love: The Spiritual Teachings of Rumi; all published by SUNY Press.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780791422502 |
| ISBN 10 | 079142250X |
| Title | Imaginal Worlds |
| Author | William C Chittick |
| Series | Suny Series In Islam |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | State University of New York Press |
| Year published | 1994-10-06 |
| Number of pages | 216 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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