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An Enquiry into Sufi Metaphysics [PDF]
British Journal for the History of Philosophy, 2012 The fact that Sufi metaphysics is usually taken to be merely the writings of Islamic philosophers, like Ibn al-'Arabi, seems to underestimate the philosophical indications of literary texts in the Sufi tradition. When Sufi literary texts are examined for philosophical content, that content is sought within and through the traditional Sufist approach ...
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Taming the nafs: Unbounded spirits and mental illness in militarized Pakistan
Ethos, Volume 51, Issue 4, Page 401-415, December 2023., 2023 Abstract In Pakistan, jinn afflictions reveal the maddening effects of displacement, economic inequality, and household conflicts. In this article, I consider how healers treat conditions of the nafs (soul), specifically its impurity and corruption through material desires, as enhancing the susceptibility of clients to jinn affliction where healers ...
Sanaullah Khan
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American Ethnologist, Volume 50, Issue 4, Page 645-655, November 2023., 2023 Abstract Among my interlocutors in Mashhad, Iran's second‐largest city, were individuals who repeatedly claimed that some persons, philosophies, and ethical lives not only might be but actually were perfect (kāmel). The salavāt, a polyvalent blessing upon the Prophet and his descendants, evinces this.
Simon Theobald
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GOD IS BEAUTIFUL, UGLY, DEAD: NAVID KERMANI, FERIDUN ZAIMOGLU AND (MORE THAN) CHRISTIAN ART
German Life and Letters, Volume 76, Issue 3, Page 410-430, July 2023., 2023 Abstract Navid Kermani's and Feridun Zaimoglu's engagements as Muslims with Christian art reveal the possibilities and limitations of aesthetic experiences of the divine beyond all doctrinal divides. Although Kermani's own research into the aesthetic dimension of Islam highlights the potential for art to offer spiritual insight, his rejection of some ...
Joseph Twist
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Atmospheric resonance: sonic motion and the question of religious mediation
Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Volume 28, Issue 2, Page 613-631, June 2022., 2022 Abstract Because of its material characteristics, the sonic poses a challenge to the influential paradigm of religion as mediation. This article makes a case for a neo‐phenomenological analytic of atmospheres in order to do justice to the sonic in anthropological approaches to religion.
Patrick Eisenlohr
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SHĪʿĪ READINGS OF HUMAN EVOLUTION: ṬABĀṬABĀʾĪ TO ḤAYDARĪ
Zygon®, Volume 57, Issue 2, Page 418-442, June 2022., 2022 Abstract Within the context of Islamic discourse about evolution, this is the first study that focuses exclusively on the views of Kamāl al‐Ḥaydarī (b. 1957), a prominent Shīʿī thinker of the contemporary period. Ḥaydarī develops his views from Muḥammad Ḥusayn al‐Ṭabāṭabāʾī (1904–1981), the author of the seminal exegesis The Balance in Interpreting the
Karim Gabor Kocsenda
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Ascetic Practices in Interfaith Dialogue
The Ecumenical Review, Volume 73, Issue 5, Page 804-820, December 2021., 2021 Abstract This article explores the fundamental theological and philosophical propositions on which ascetic teachings and mystical experiences within Eastern Orthodox Christianity and Jainism are based. In particular, it examines spirituality, purification, and psychophysical techniques, including bodily postures, breath control, and inner exploration ...
Nataliia Pavlyk
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Islamic Traditionalists: “Against the Modern World”?
, 2023 The Muslim World, Volume 113, Issue 3, Page 333-354, Summer 2023.
Jacob Williams
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The Destiny of Phenomenology: Gadamer on Value, Globalism, and the Growth of Being
, 2023 The Heythrop Journal, Volume 64, Issue 2, Page 215-226, March 2023.
Jessica Frazier
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Dialogues: anthropology and theology
, 2022 Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Volume 28, Issue 1, Page 297-347, March 2022.
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