Religion of Love - Sufism and Self-Transformation in the Poetic Imagination of ?Attar

A groundbreaking study of Farid al-Din ¿A¿¿¿r, one of Persian literature's greatest poets.

About the author

Cyrus Ali Zargar is Al-Ghazali Distinguished Professor of Islamic Studies and Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Central Florida. He is the author of The Polished Mirror: Storytelling and the Pursuit of Virtue in Islamic Philosophy and Sufism and Sufi Aesthetics: Beauty, Love, and the Human Form in the Writings of Ibn Arabi and Iraqi.

Product details

• Authors: Cyrus Ali Zargar, Zargar Cyrus Ali
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.07.2024
• EAN: 9781438498676
• ISBN: 978-1-4384-9867-6
• No. of pages: 234
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 25 mm
• Series: SUNY series in Islam
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Islam, PHILOSOPHY / Religious, RELIGION / Philosophy, LITERARY CRITICISM / Middle Eastern, RELIGION / Islam / Sufi, RELIGION / Islam / History, RELIGION / Mysticism, Middle East, mysticism, History of Religion, Literature: history & criticism, Philosophy of religion, Literature: history and criticism, Sufism & Islamic Mysticism, Islamic groups: Sufis