Sufism and Theology / / Ayman Shihadeh.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2013-2000
• VerfasserIn: Shihadeh, Ayman,
• MitwirkendeR: Christmann, Andreas,; Cornell, Vincent J.,; Gleave, Robert,; Keeler, Annabel,; Lewisohn, Leonard,; Michot, Yahya,; Rizvi, Sajjad,; Shihadeh, Ayman,; Winter, Tim,; Wisnovsky, Robert,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2007
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (216 p.)

Sufism and Theology are two major currents in Islamic thought and religious culture, and over the centuries they have displayed immense diversity and intellectual richness. This book takes a flexible and inclusive approach to these trends, revealing both how Sufis approached theological traditions and themes and practised theology themselves, and how theologians approached different aspects of Sufism.Comprising chapters by leading specialists in the field, this volume is the first to explore the historically complex interface between these two major currents, highlighting key points of tension and interaction. Taking us through an array of subjects, including hermeneutics, psychology and metaphysics, light is shed on major intellectual trends and figures from the 12th century up to the modern period. These range from al-Hallaj, Ibn 'Arabi and Ibn Sab'in, to Fakhr al-Din al-Razi, Ibn Taymiyya, Haydar Amuli and Ibn Kemal Pasha, from the Ottoman context to the Safavid, and from Sunnism to Shi'ism.In sum, this book offers readers a balanced perspective of the overall history of the relationship between Sufism and Theology.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- PART I Mystical Theologies -- 1 Mystical Theology and the Traditionalist Hermeneutics of Maybudī’s Kashf al-Asrār -- 2 The All-Comprehensive Circle (al-Iḥāṭa): Soul, Intellect, and the Oneness of Existence in the Doctrine of Ibn Sab'īn -- 3 One Aspect of the Akbarian Turn in Shī'ī Theology -- 4 Sufism and Theology in the Confessions of Şā’in al-Dīn Turka Iṣfahānī (d. 830/1437) -- 5 A Sufi Theology Fit for a Shī'ī King: The Gawhar-i Murād of 'Abd al-Razzāq Lāhījī (d. 1072/1661–2) -- PART II Theological Approaches to Sufism -- 6 The Mystic and the Sceptic in Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī -- 7 Ibn Taymiyya’s Commentary on the Creed of al-Ḥallāj -- 8 Ibn Kemāl (d. 940/1534) on Ibn 'Arabī’s Hagiology -- 9 Scriptural Sufism and Scriptural Anti-Sufism: Theology and mysticism amongst the Shī'ī Akhbāriyya -- 10 Reconciling Sufism with Theology: Abī l-Wafā al-Taftāzānī and the Construct of ‘al-Taṣawwuf al-Islāmī’ in Modern Egyp -- Index