Sufi Cosmology

This volume discusses the origin and structure of the universe in mystical Islam (Sufism) with special reference to parallel realms of existence and their interaction. Contributors address Sufi ideas about the fate of human beings in this and future life under three rubrics: (1) cosmogony and eschatology ("where do we come from?" and "where do we go?"); (2) conceptualizations of the world of the here-and-now ("where are we now?"); and (3) visualizations of realms of existence, their hierarchy and mutual relationships ("where are we in relation to other times and places?").

Contributors are Christian Lange, Alexander Knysh, Noah Gardiner, Stephen Hirtenstein, Saeko Yazaki, Jean-Jacques Thibon, Leah Kinberg, Sara Sviri, Munjed M. Murad, Simon O'Meara, Pierre Lory, Mathieu Terrier, Michael Ebstein, Binyamin Abrahamov and Frederick Colby.

Info autore

Christian Lange is Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies at Utrecht University and Director of the Netherlands Interuniversity School of Islamic Studies. His research focuses on premodern Islamic intellectual and cultural history, particularly in the areas of Islamic eschatology, Islamic law and legal theory, Islamic mysticism, and the Muslim sensorium.

Alexander Knysh is Professor of Islamic Studies at the University of Michigan and Director of an Islamic studies project at the St. Petersburg State University, Russia. He specializes in Sufism, Qur'anic studies, Muslim theological, philosophical and juridical thought, and modern Islamic movements in comparative perspective.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Con la collaborazione di: Christian Lange (Editore), Alexander Knysh (Editore)
• Editore: Brill
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Copertina rigida
• Data pubblicazione: 05.01.2023
• Categoria: Saggistica > Enciclopedie, opere di consultazione > Enciclopedie, lessici; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Religione / teologia > Altre religioni
• EAN: 9789004389823
• ISBN: 978-90-04-38982-3
• Numero di pagine: 414
• Dimensioni (della confezione): 15.5 x 23.4 x 2.4 cm
• Peso (della confezione): 767 g
• Serie: Handbook of Oriental Studies: > 154
• Categorie: Mystik, Nachschlagewerke, Soziale Gruppen: religiöse Gemeinschaften, REFERENCE / General, Religion - World Religions, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Islamic Studies, RELIGION / Islam / Sufi, Bezug zu Muslimen/Moslems und islamischen Gruppen