
- 317 pages
- English
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About this book
Seven Doors to Islam reveals the religious worldview and spiritual tradition of the world's one billion Muslims. Spanning the breadth of Islamic civilization from Morocco to Indonesia, this book demonstrates how Muslims have used the literary and visual arts in all their richness and diversity to communicate religious values. Each of the seven chapters opens a "door" that leads progressively closer to the very heart of Islam, from the foundational revelation in the Qur'an to the transcendent experience of the Sufi mystics. However, unlike most studies of Islam, which see spirituality as the concern of a minority of mystical seekers, Seven Doors demonstrates its central role in every aspect of the Islamic tradition.
Seven Doors to Islam reveals the religious worldview and spiritual tradition of the world's one billion Muslims. Spanning the breadth of Islamic civilization from Morocco to Indonesia, this book demonstrates how Muslims have used the literary and v
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Preface
- 1 Foundations Prophetic Revelation
- QUR’AN IN ISLAMIC SPIRITUALITY
- HADITH IN ISLAMIC SPIRITUALITY
- EXPERIENCING QUR’AN AND HADITH
- 2 Devotion Ritual and Personal Prayer
- ON THE LITURGICAL CALENDAR
- DEVOTION BEYOND DUTY
- 3 Inspiration Edification and Ethics
- EXEMPLARY MODELS
- WISDOM LITERATURE
- ENCOUNTERING THE EXEMPLARS
- 4 Aesthetics From Allegory to Arabesque
- LITERATURE AND SPIRITUALITY
- PRINCIPAL POETIC FORMS
- ARABESQUE AND AESTHETICS
- 5 Community Society, Institutions, and Patronage
- SOCIAL AND HISTORICAL CONTEXTS
- INSTITUTIONAL TEXTS
- PATRONAGE AND THE ARTS
- 6 Pedagogy Fanning Spark into Flame LEARNING FOR LIFE
- FROM THE GREAT TEACHERS
- REQUIRED READING FOR MYSTICS
- 7 Experience Testimony, Paradigm, and Critique FROM THEORY TO PRACTICE
- HEART SPEAKS TO HEART
- BEYOND STORYTELLING
- EVALUATING EXPERIENCE
- Reprise: Joseph of the Seven Doors
- Notes
- Select Glossary
- Index of Qur’anic Citations
- General Index