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Kripal, author of The Serpent's Gift: Gnostic Reflections on the Study of Religion "This is the book on Sufism that I always wanted to read, but that I just couldn't find because Mark Sedgwick had not yet written it. Is Sufism Islamic or universal?
Is it a historical phenomenon or a product of the imagination? Does it come from the East or the West? Is it one thing or many things? As it turns out, the answer to all these questions is 'both' - and yet there is something that holds it all together: Not only is it the first serious study of Sufism in the West but it also provides an argument for both Sufism and Islam as 'Western' spiritual traditions through the shared heritage of Neoplatonism.
Besides providing important new material for scholars and students of Sufism, this book is also useful for both graduate and undergraduate courses on Sufism, Orientalism, Esotericism, and Religious Studies and Islamic Studies in general. Read more. Product details Hardcover: Oxford University Press; 1 edition November 16, Language: English ISBN Start reading Western Sufism: From the Abbasids to the New Age on your Kindle in under a minute.
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Showing of 4 reviews. Top Reviews Most recent Top Reviews. There was a problem filtering reviews right now. Please try again later. Hardcover Verified Purchase. The book offers the first comprehensive study of Sufism in the west. It traces the history of Sufism in the west from the 15th century to our days and offers a fascinating, large scale and thought provoking investigation of Western Sufism.
The first part of the book deals with Neoplatonism and Emanationism in Islam, Christianity and Judaism, the second part of the western imagining of Sufism between the century, the third part with the establishment of Sufism in the west in the early 20th century, and the last part, with Sufism in the New Age.
I read the book with great interest and enjoyment. The book, which is based on impressive thorough research and erudition is very well written, engaging and convincing. It fills a much needed lacuna in research, and will be of much interest to scholars and studenst of diverse areas - Neoplatonism, Sufism, Kabbalah, Christianity, Western Estoericism, New Age religiousity and more. Highly recommended.
One person found this helpful. A welcome and useful update to the history of Western Esotericism, and the role Islam and Sufism played in it. Rather, a real exploration of the history of Sufism, Sufic groups, individuals, and activities in the Western World Europe and America from High Abbassid Caliphate itself to the present day.
Few historians have this sort of reach, command over the source materials, access to contemporary Sufi figures, or the organizational capacity to put such a thing together. Sedgwick apparently does. This is a book that someone needed to write, a long time ago. But perhaps it's best that no one tackled it until Sedgwick got to it.
Over the years Sedgwick attracted some unfair criticism over his handling of the Traditionalist Perennialist movement and the Maryamiyya tariqa, because of material in Against the Modern World. But for me, as a reader with real sympathy toward the Traditionalists and Perennialists, something that consistently comes through is that Sedwick is a careful, consummate, and fair researcher. He has done his homework in spades over the last couple of decades, and he is a careful and insightful historian.
He displays great command over the sources, and doesn't appear to have an axe to grind. This book gathers a lot of material, and I can only imagine what must have been edited out for brevity. Chittick's book will introduce you to Ibn-e-Arabi but as I said above, if you want to dive into the depths of Ibn-e-Arabi's thought you will need a Muslim Sufi Master. So, I strongly advise you that when you read the works attributed to Ibn-e-Arabi, don't consider them to be "the Thought of Ibn-e-Arabi". Consider them "the Thought attributed to Ibn-e-Arabi". That's because, some of the books attributed to Ibn-e-Arabi, contain heresies and blasphemys that are tottally against the Holy Quran, Islam's Holiest Book and the Source of all Islamic Knowledge.
The most insightful comments on all subjects will be published daily in dedicated articles. Product details Paperback: A Taste of Persia. The author has deep knowledge on the works of Ibn al-Arabi, Islam and Arabic. Flag comment Cancel. Reuse content. Unlike the Orientalists, who kwow nothing about Sufism though they pretend to know, Chittick's approach to Sufism can be considered as an Islamic approach to some extent.
So, if you find anything in the works attributed to Ibn-e-Arabi that goes against the Holy Quran, then that was not written by Ibn-e-Arabi, and is a forgery made by an ignorant person. If you find anything in the works attributed to Ibn-e-Arabi that matches the Holy Quran, then that was indeed said by Ibn-e-Arabi and is true.
So you won't find any benefit in that book and it will confuse you. Ignorant people falsely consider this to be Pantheism, or Panentheism or Monism!! This does not deny the existence of the Cosmos and it's inhabitants like the humans. So do read the Holy Quran and understand It's meanings.
There is a very good translation of the Holy Quran in English called "The Study Quran", which was translated under the supervision of Sayyed Hussein Nasr and is available here at Amazon. This Copy of the Holy Quran has a long and very usefull commentary that will make you familiar with the Holy Book. Salutations to all. See all 12 reviews. Amazon Giveaway. Enter giveaways for a chance to win great prizes! Amazon Sellers and Authors create new giveaways every day to promote their products.
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