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Book Synopsis
This is an authoritative reference for the field, edited by two of its most prominent scholars. The essays explain the historical role of spirituality from the founding of Islam, to the rise of Sufism, through to present day concerns.

Table of Contents

List of Contributors ix

General Introduction xi
Vincent J. Cornell and Bruce B. Lawrence

Part I Expressive Dimensions of Islamic Spirituality

Introduction to Part I
Vincent J. Cornell

IA The Spirituality of Words and Letters

1 The Spirituality of the Qurʾān 23
Bruce B. Lawrence

2 The Spirituality of Hadith 44
Abbas Barzegar

3 The Spirituality of Invocations and Litanies in Islam 61
Kenneth Lee Honerkamp

4 The Many Spirits of the Islamic Past 74
Shahzad Bashir Copyrighted Material

5 Translating Sainthood in Islamic Hagiography 91
Vincent J. Cornell

IB The Spirituality of Places and Spaces

6 The Spiritual Meaning of Mecca, the Ka‘ba, and the Ḥajj 113
Gordon D. Newby

7 The Spiritual Meaning of Medina 130
Daoud Stephen Casewit

8 Jerusalem in Islamic Spirituality 147
Brannon Wheeler

9 The Spirituality of the Sufi Shrine 165
Carl W. Ernst

IC The Spirituality of People and Human Relations

10 The Spiritual Meaning of Muḥammad and the Prophets of Islam 183
Ali A. Allawi

11 The Spiritual Meaning of Devotion to the Shī‘ī Imams 202
Abdulaziz Sachedina

12 Spirituality and Gender in Islam 217
Sa‘diyya Shaikh

13 Spirituality and Social Justice in Islam 234
Mustafa Gokhan Sahin

Part II Performative Dimensions of Islamic Spirituality

Introduction to Part II
Bruce B. Lawrence

IIA Devotional Practices in Islam

14 The Spirituality of Prayer in Islam 263
Hugh Talat Halman

15 The Spirituality of Qurʾān Recitation 277
Pieternella van Doorn-Harder

16 Ascetic Spirituality in Islam 297
Rkia Elaroui Cornell

17 The Spirituality of the Sufi Path 316
William C. Chittick

IIB Spirituality in Literature, Poetry, and the Visual Arts

18 Narrating Transcendence in the Modern Novel 333
miriam cooke

19 The Spirituality of Arab Islamic Poetry 352
Muhsin al-Musawi

20 The Spirituality of Persian Islamic Poetry 372
Franklin D. Lewis

21 Islamic Spirituality in English Translation 395
Michael Beard

22 Islamic Spirituality and the Visual Arts 412
Stefan Sperl

IIC Spirituality in Music, Song, and Cinema

23 Spirituality in Art Musics of the Islamic World 435
Ali Jihad Racy

24 The Spirituality of Qawwali: Lyrics and Ritual in the Sufi Music of South Asia 454
Scott Kugle

25 One Light: Cinema and Islamic Spirituality 476
Negar Mottahedeh

IID Islamic Spirituality in the Anthropocene Age

26 Islamic Spirituality and the Internet 497
Gary R. Bunt

27 The Islamic Spirituality of HipHop 515
Michael Muhammad Knight

28 Ibn Taymiyya and the Case for a Salafism of Mercy 531
Yahya M. Michot

Index 545

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      Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
      Publication Date: 29/12/2022
      ISBN13: 9780470674208, 978-0470674208
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This is an authoritative reference for the field, edited by two of its most prominent scholars. The essays explain the historical role of spirituality from the founding of Islam, to the rise of Sufism, through to present day concerns.

      Table of Contents

      List of Contributors ix

      General Introduction xi
      Vincent J. Cornell and Bruce B. Lawrence

      Part I Expressive Dimensions of Islamic Spirituality

      Introduction to Part I
      Vincent J. Cornell

      IA The Spirituality of Words and Letters

      1 The Spirituality of the Qurʾān 23
      Bruce B. Lawrence

      2 The Spirituality of Hadith 44
      Abbas Barzegar

      3 The Spirituality of Invocations and Litanies in Islam 61
      Kenneth Lee Honerkamp

      4 The Many Spirits of the Islamic Past 74
      Shahzad Bashir Copyrighted Material

      5 Translating Sainthood in Islamic Hagiography 91
      Vincent J. Cornell

      IB The Spirituality of Places and Spaces

      6 The Spiritual Meaning of Mecca, the Ka‘ba, and the Ḥajj 113
      Gordon D. Newby

      7 The Spiritual Meaning of Medina 130
      Daoud Stephen Casewit

      8 Jerusalem in Islamic Spirituality 147
      Brannon Wheeler

      9 The Spirituality of the Sufi Shrine 165
      Carl W. Ernst

      IC The Spirituality of People and Human Relations

      10 The Spiritual Meaning of Muḥammad and the Prophets of Islam 183
      Ali A. Allawi

      11 The Spiritual Meaning of Devotion to the Shī‘ī Imams 202
      Abdulaziz Sachedina

      12 Spirituality and Gender in Islam 217
      Sa‘diyya Shaikh

      13 Spirituality and Social Justice in Islam 234
      Mustafa Gokhan Sahin

      Part II Performative Dimensions of Islamic Spirituality

      Introduction to Part II
      Bruce B. Lawrence

      IIA Devotional Practices in Islam

      14 The Spirituality of Prayer in Islam 263
      Hugh Talat Halman

      15 The Spirituality of Qurʾān Recitation 277
      Pieternella van Doorn-Harder

      16 Ascetic Spirituality in Islam 297
      Rkia Elaroui Cornell

      17 The Spirituality of the Sufi Path 316
      William C. Chittick

      IIB Spirituality in Literature, Poetry, and the Visual Arts

      18 Narrating Transcendence in the Modern Novel 333
      miriam cooke

      19 The Spirituality of Arab Islamic Poetry 352
      Muhsin al-Musawi

      20 The Spirituality of Persian Islamic Poetry 372
      Franklin D. Lewis

      21 Islamic Spirituality in English Translation 395
      Michael Beard

      22 Islamic Spirituality and the Visual Arts 412
      Stefan Sperl

      IIC Spirituality in Music, Song, and Cinema

      23 Spirituality in Art Musics of the Islamic World 435
      Ali Jihad Racy

      24 The Spirituality of Qawwali: Lyrics and Ritual in the Sufi Music of South Asia 454
      Scott Kugle

      25 One Light: Cinema and Islamic Spirituality 476
      Negar Mottahedeh

      IID Islamic Spirituality in the Anthropocene Age

      26 Islamic Spirituality and the Internet 497
      Gary R. Bunt

      27 The Islamic Spirituality of HipHop 515
      Michael Muhammad Knight

      28 Ibn Taymiyya and the Case for a Salafism of Mercy 531
      Yahya M. Michot

      Index 545

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