Dreaming in Christianity and Islam: Culture, Conflict, and Creativity

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v ii CONTENTS Foreword xi LEE H. BUTLER JR. Introduction 1 PART ONE Dreaming in Christianity 1 Divine Dream Dilemmas: Biblical Visions and Dreams 17 BART J. KOET 2 Early Christians and Their Dreams 32 BONNELLE LEWIS STRICKLING 3 Discerning the Voice of God: Case Studies in Christian History 43 PATRICIA M. DAVIS 4 Dreaming through the Bible with Luther and Calvin 57 GEOFF NELSON 5 Dreams and Visions of the Dying 71 PATRICIA BULKLEY PART TWO Dreaming in Islam 6 Dreaming in the Life of the Prophet Muhammad 81 HIDAYET AYDAR 7 Islamic Dreaming: An Analysis of Its Truthfulness and Influence 98 MUHAMMAD AMANULLAH 8 Healing and Dreams in Islam 111 ABDEMALEK YAMANI 9 Istikhara and Dreams: Learning about the Future through Dreaming 123 HIDAYET AYDAR 10 Dream and Spirit in Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyah’s Qitab al-Ruh 137 MEHMET DALKILIC 11 The Jinn: Companion in the Realm of Dreams and Imagination 143 LANA NASSER 12 Women and Dream Interpretation in Contemporary Iran 155 PARISA RAHIMIAN PART THREE Two Traditions in Dialogue 13 Books on Dream Interpretation: Artemidorus and Kutbuttinzade 167 RESAT ONGOREN 14 Conversion Dreams in Christianity and Islam 175 PATRICIA M. DAVIS AND LEWIS RAMBO 15 A Comparison of Islamic and Western Psychological Dream Theories 188 IAIN R. EDGAR 16 The Typical Dreams of Jordanian College Students 200 LANA NASSER AND KELLY BULKELEY 17 Dreams of Muslim and Christian Children 217 KATE ADAMS 18 Discussing Dreams in a Prison in Amsterdam 226 BART J. KOET v iii CONT ENTS CONT ENTS i x 19 The Ambiguities of Privilege 236 JEREMY TAYLOR Conclusion 249 Notes on Contributors 253 Index 257 ...