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Letters of a Sufi Scholar: The Correspondence of `Abd Al-Ghanī Al-Nābulusī (1641-1731)
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Artikel-Nr:
9789004171022
Veröffentl:
2009
Erscheinungsdatum:
01.10.2009
Seiten:
560
Autor:
Samer Akkach
Gewicht:
1043 g
Format:
241x165x33 mm
Serie:
74, Islamic History and Civilizati
Sprache:
Arabisch
Beschreibung:
Samer Akkach, PhD (1992) in Architecture, University of Sydney, is Associate Professor in Architectural History and Theory and Founding Director of the Centre for Asian and Middle Eastern Architecture at Adelaide University. His major works include 'Abd al-Ghani al-Nabulusi: Islam and the Enlightenment (Oneworld 2007); Cosmology and Architecture in Premodern Islam: An Architectural Reading of Mystical Ideas (SUNY 2005).
As a leading Muslim thinker, Abd al-Ghan al-N bulus of Damascus creatively engaged with the social, religious, and intellectual challenges that emerged during the early modern period in which he lived. Yet, at a time of high anti-mystical fervour, his Sufi-inspired views faced strong local antipathy. Through extensive correspondence, presented here for the first time, Abd al-Ghan projected his ideas and teachings beyond the parochial boundaries of Damascus, and was thus able to assert his authority at a wider regional level. The letters he himself selected, compiled, and titled shed fresh lights on the religious and intellectual exchanges among scholars in the eastern Ottoman provinces, revealing a dynamic and rigorous image of Islam, one that is profoundly inspired by humility, tolerance, and love.