Seven Doors to Islam
eBook - ePub

Seven Doors to Islam

Spirituality and the Religious Life of Muslims

  1. 317 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Seven Doors to Islam

Spirituality and the Religious Life of Muslims

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

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. List of Illustrations
  6. Preface
  7. 1 Foundations Prophetic Revelation
  8. QUR’AN IN ISLAMIC SPIRITUALITY
  9. HADITH IN ISLAMIC SPIRITUALITY
  10. EXPERIENCING QUR’AN AND HADITH
  11. 2 Devotion Ritual and Personal Prayer
  12. ON THE LITURGICAL CALENDAR
  13. DEVOTION BEYOND DUTY
  14. 3 Inspiration Edification and Ethics
  15. EXEMPLARY MODELS
  16. WISDOM LITERATURE
  17. ENCOUNTERING THE EXEMPLARS
  18. 4 Aesthetics From Allegory to Arabesque
  19. LITERATURE AND SPIRITUALITY
  20. PRINCIPAL POETIC FORMS
  21. ARABESQUE AND AESTHETICS
  22. 5 Community Society, Institutions, and Patronage
  23. SOCIAL AND HISTORICAL CONTEXTS
  24. INSTITUTIONAL TEXTS
  25. PATRONAGE AND THE ARTS
  26. 6 Pedagogy Fanning Spark into Flame LEARNING FOR LIFE
  27. FROM THE GREAT TEACHERS
  28. REQUIRED READING FOR MYSTICS
  29. 7 Experience Testimony, Paradigm, and Critique FROM THEORY TO PRACTICE
  30. HEART SPEAKS TO HEART
  31. BEYOND STORYTELLING
  32. EVALUATING EXPERIENCE
  33. Reprise: Joseph of the Seven Doors
  34. Notes
  35. Select Glossary
  36. Index of Qur’anic Citations
  37. General Index