Mystics of Al-Andalus - Ibn Barrajan and Islamic Thought in the Twelfth Century

A study of the writings of Ibn Barrajān, an influential pioneer of intellectual mysticism in the Muslim West.

List of contents

1. The beginnings of a mystical discourse in al-Andalus: Ibn Masarra, M¿likism, and the politics of an epistemological debate; 2. The rise of the Andalus¿ Mütabir¿n: the influence of Ghaz¿l¿, markers of the Mütabir¿n tradition, and the onset of institutional Sufism; 3. The life of a contemplative: Ibn Barraj¿n's educational formation, spiritual practices, political views, and decease; 4. The works of Ibn Barraj¿n: chronological sequence, manuscript tradition, and central themes; 5. The divine descent: bridging the chasm between God and creation; 6. The hermeneutics of certainty: harmony, hierarchy, and hegemony of the Qur¿¿n; 7. A Muslim scholar of the Bible: biblical proof-texts for Qur¿¿nic teachings in the exegetical works of Ibn Barraj¿n; 8. The human ascent: I¿tib¿r, cycles of time, and future predictions.

About the author

Yousef Casewit is Assistant Professor of Qur'anic Studies at the University of Chicago. He was formerly an Assistant Professor of Arabic Intellectual Heritage and Culture at the American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, as well as a Humanities Research Fellow at New York University, Abu Dhabi. He is the co-editor of A Qur'an Commentary by Ibn Barrajān of Seville (with Gerhard Boewering, 2015).

Summary

This book is a study of the writings of Ibn Barrajan, an influential Sunni mystic who introduced a worldview to the Muslim West based in Muslim scripture and Neoplatonic cosmology. It will be of interest to researchers of the medieval Islamic world, and those studying the history of mysticism and Sufism in the Muslim West.

Product details

• Authors: Yousef Casewit, Yousef (University of Chicago) Casewit, Casewit Yousef
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2019
• EAN: 9781316636022
• ISBN: 978-1-316-63602-2
• No. of pages: 372
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Islam, European History, Spain, HISTORY / Middle East / General, Regional & national history, mysticism, Medieval History, c 1000 CE to c 1500, Middle Eastern history, General and world history, European history: medieval period, middle ages, Sufism & Islamic Mysticism, Islamic groups: Sufis