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The Sufi doctrine of man : Ṣadr al-Dī̄n al-Qūnawī's metaphysical anthropology

open access: yes
In The Sufi Doctrine of Man, Richard Todd examines the life and thought of Ibn 'Arabī's chief disciple, Ṣadr al-Dīn al-Qūnawī (13th century C.E.). Making use of manuscript sources, he analyzes and contextualizes Qūnawī'
Todd, Richard
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Resisting the Statist Reduction of the Self: On the Effects of Shaykh Yusuf’s ‘anti-politics’

open access: yes, 2018
Shaykh Yusuf al Maqassari (1626-1699) is noted for both resisting Dutch expansion in the East Indies as well as his role in building the Cape Muslim community.
Rafudeen, Auwais
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An Introduction to ‘Abd al-Karīm al-Jīlī’s Commentary on the Futūḥāt'

open access: yes, 2016
This article introduces ‘Abd al-Karīm al-Jīlī’s Sharḥ mushkilāt al-Futūḥāt al-Makkiyyah wa-fatḥ alabwāb al-mughlaqāt min al-‘ulūm al-laduniyyah, a partial commentary on the 559th and penultimate chapter of Ibn ‘Arabī’s Futūḥāt, which, despite the fame of
Morrissey, Fitzroy
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Sirrul asrar (book review)

open access: yes, 2015
Overview of the Book: The book deals with many Islamic Sufi teachings and practices. The author, As-Syeikh Abdul Qadir Al-Jailani (1077-1166) is a great Sufi scholar who hails from Persia, presently known as Iran.In his book the author explains many ...

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Cheikh Amadu Bamba and the cultural symbolic souls of black Muslims within Islam reflections on Bamba's education of the American Muridiyya

open access: yes, 2012
Today as it stands, anthropological accounts of culture may "emphasize the idiosyncrasies of the 'other' in relation to what is considered normal for the outsider, while ignoring or partially representing the actual bases for action" (Barth, 1995: 65 ...
Frederick, Alcione Diana
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Sublime Frequencies: Metaphysics of Resonance in Arvo Pärt, Cecilia Vicuña, and M.R. Bawa Muhaiyaddeen

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Through an inter-disciplinary and comparative study of the acoustic phenomenon of resonance—i.e., the synchronous vibration between two or more sounds—this dissertation thinks through a socially-engaged “sonic metaphysics” and phenomenology of sound in ...
Heller, Kythe
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Mulla Sadra (c. 1572—1640)

open access: yes, 2013
Mulla Sadra made major contributions to Islamic metaphysics and to Shi\u27i theology during the Safavid period (1501-1736) in Persia. He started his career in the context of a rising culture that combined elements from the Persian past with the newly ...
Meisami, Sayeh
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