{"product_id":"philosophical-sufism","title":"Philosophical Sufism","description":"\u003cp\u003eAnalyzing the intersection between Sufism and philosophy, this volume is a sweeping examination of the mystical philosophy of Mu?yi-l-Din Ibn al-?Arabi (d. 637\/1240), one of the most influential and original thinkers of the Islamic world. This book systematically covers Ibn al-?Arabi’s ontology, theology, epistemology, teleology, spiritual anthropology and eschatology.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile philosophy uses deductive reasoning to discover the fundamental nature of existence and Sufism relies on spiritual experience, it was not until the school of Ibn al-?Arabi that philosophy and Sufism converged into a single framework by elaborating spiritual doctrines in precise philosophical language. Contextualizing the historical development of Ibn al-?Arabi’s school, the work draws from the earliest commentators of Ibn al-?Arabi’s oeuvre, ?adr al-Din al-Qunawi (d. 673\/1274), ?Abd al-Razzaq al-Kashani (d. ca. 730\/1330) and Dawud al-Qay?ari (d. 751\/1350), but also draws from the medieval heirs of his doctrines Sayyid ?aydar Amuli (d. 787\/1385), the pivotal intellectual and mystical figure of Persia who recast philosophical Sufism within the framework of Twelver Shi?ism and ?Abd al-Ra?man Jami (d. 898\/1492), the key figure in the dissemination of Ibn al-?Arabi’s ideas in the Persianate world as well as the Ottoman Empire, India, China and East Asia via Central Asia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLucidly written and comprehensive in scope, with careful treatments of the key authors, \u003ci\u003ePhilosophical Sufism \u003c\/i\u003eis a highly accessible introductory text for students and researchers interested in Islam, philosophy, religion and the Middle East.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57309635379582,"sku":"NW9781032019291","price":39.97,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781032019291.jpg?v=1778580122","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/philosophical-sufism","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}