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Beshara and Ibn 'Arabi
Taji-Faroukisuhu
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Description for Beshara and Ibn 'Arabi
Paperback. Investigating sufi-inspired spirituality in the modern world, this volume focuses on Beshara, a spiritual movement that applies the teachings of Ibn 'Arabi in a non-Muslim context. It traces the movement's emergence in sixties Britain and explores the interface between Sufism and the New Age, and the encounter between Islam and the West. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: HRHX; JFSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 156 x 37. Weight in Grams: 666.
Investigating Sufi-inspired spirituality in the modern world, this interdisciplinary text combines cultural study with solid data to provide a comprehensive look at how the teachings of Ibn ‘Arabi have been adopted and adapted by Muslims and non-Muslims. At the heart of this movement is the Beshara School in Scotland, founded in the 1960s, and now a center of international scholarship. Using the school as a case study, the discussion describes its emergence and evolution, its approach to spiritual education, the origins of its spiritual teacher, its major teachings and practices, and its projection of Ibn ‘Arabi. Both rigorous and very timely, this effort points to areas ... Read more
Investigating Sufi-inspired spirituality in the modern world, this interdisciplinary text combines cultural study with solid data to provide a comprehensive look at how the teachings of Ibn ‘Arabi have been adopted and adapted by Muslims and non-Muslims. At the heart of this movement is the Beshara School in Scotland, founded in the 1960s, and now a center of international scholarship. Using the school as a case study, the discussion describes its emergence and evolution, its approach to spiritual education, the origins of its spiritual teacher, its major teachings and practices, and its projection of Ibn ‘Arabi. Both rigorous and very timely, this effort points to areas ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Anqa Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
Number of Pages
490
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781905937264
SKU
V9781905937264
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About Taji-Faroukisuhu
Suha Taji-Farouki is a senior lecturer in modern Islam at the Institute of Arab and Islamic studies at the University of Exeter and research associate at the Institute of Ismaili Studies–London. She is the editor of Islamic Thought in the Twentieth Century and Modern Muslim Intellectuals and the Qur’an.
Reviews for Beshara and Ibn 'Arabi
"A marvellous book ... historically and ethnographically well informed, with equally well-informed use of theory - handled with very considerable sensitivity - and lucidly written." Paul Heelas, author of The New Age Movement and The Spiritual Revolution "Empathetic in approach and immensely well-documented, this is an exemplary work. Its great importance for akbarian studies is its discussion of the way ... Read more