Shibli - His Life and Thought in the Sufi Tradition

Considers what is known of acclaimed early Sufi master Abū Bakr al-Shiblī and how he was characterized in various times and places.

About the author

Kenneth Avery received his PhD in Islamic Studies from the University of Melbourne in Australia. His books include Fifty Poems of 'Aār and A Psychology of Early Sufi samā': Listening and Altered States.

Product details

• Authors: Kenneth Avery, Avery Kenneth
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.06.2014
• EAN: 9781438451794
• ISBN: 978-1-4384-5179-4
• No. of pages: 160
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; RELIGION / Islam / General, RELIGION / Islam / History, RELIGION / Mysticism, mysticism, History of Religion, Sufism & Islamic Mysticism, Islamic groups: Sufis