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- Pathways to an Inner Islam: Massignon, Corbin, Guenon, and Schuon
- Book
- 2010
- Published by: State University of New York Press
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An introduction to four Western figures influenced by Sufism who wrote about an "inner," esoteric Islam. Pathways to an Inner Islam provides an introduction to the esoteric or spiritual “inner Islam” presented by Western thinkers Louis Massignon, Henry Corbin, René Guénon, and Frithjof Schuon. Particularly interested in Sufism—the mystical tradition of Islam—these four twentieth-century authors who wrote in French played an important role in presenting Islamic spirituality to the West and have also had an influence in parts of the Muslim world, such as Turkey, Iran, and Pakistan. Patrick Laude brings them together to argue that an understanding of their inner Islam challenges reductionist views of Islam as an essentially legalistic tradition and highlights its spiritual qualities. The book discusses their thought on the definitions of spiritual Islam and Sufism, the metaphysical and mystical understanding of the Prophet and the Qur
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- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- p. vii
- 1. INTRODUCTION
- pp. 1-32
- 3. THE QUR’ĀN
- pp. 61-74
- 4. THE PROPHET
- pp. 75-101
- 5. THE FEMININE
- pp. 103-126
- 6. THE UNIVERSAL HORIZON OF ISLAM
- pp. 127-150
- 7. THE QUESTION OF WAR
- pp. 151-168
- 8. EPILOGUE
- pp. 169-171
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- pp. 201-206
Additional Information
ISBN
9781438429571
DOI
MARC Record
OCLC
794925106
Pages
219
Launched on MUSE
2011-07-21
Language
English
Open Access
No