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Book SynopsisExplores the relationship between the Sufi and theological currents in Islamic history, underscoring aspects of tension and interaction between them.
Table of ContentsIntroduction; Part 1: Mystical Theologies; 1. Mystical Theology and the Traditionalist Hermeneutics of Maybudi's Kashf al-Asrar; Annabel Keeler; 2. The All-Comprehensive Circle (al-I?a?a):; Soul, Intellect, and the Oneness of Existence in the Doctrine of Ibn Sab?in; Vincent J. Cornell; 3. One Aspect of the Akbarian Turn in Shi?i Theology; Robert Wisnovsky; 4. Sufism and Theology in the Confessions of ?a?in al-Din Turka I?fahani (d.830/1437); Leonard Lewisohn; 5. A Sufi Theology Fit for a Shi?i King:; The Gawhar-i Murad of ?Abd al-Razzaq Lahiji (d.1072/1661-2); Sajjad Rizvi; Part 2: Theological Approaches to Sufism; 6. The Mystic and the Sceptic in Fakhr al-Din al-Razi; Ayman Shihadeh; 7. Ibn Taymiyya's Commentary on the Creed of al-?allaj; Yahya Michot; 8. Ibn Kemal (d.940/1534) on Ibn ?Arabi's Hagiology; Tim Winter; 9. Scriptural Sufism and Scriptural Anti-Sufism:; Theology and Mysticism amongst the Shi?i Akhbariyya; Robert Gleave; 10. Reconciling Sufism with Theology: Abu l-Wafa al-Taftazani; and the Construct of "al-Ta?awwuf al-Islami" in Modern Egypt; Andreas Christmann.
