دانلود کتاب Mystical Traditions: Approaches to Peaceful Coexistence (Interdisciplinary Approaches to the Study of Mysticism)

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Preface
Contents
Notes on Contributors
List of Figures
Chapter 1: Introduction
Part I: Studies of Mystical Traditions
Chapter 2: Mysticism, Visual Art, and Repairing the World in a Strife-ridden Secular Age
Introduction: Religion and the Problem of Language
Mysticism and Egoless Universalism
Art, Religion, and Secularity
Post-Holocaust Art and Kabbalah: Newman, Rothko, Kiefer, and Bak
Repetition and Singularity: Logemann and Tanavoli
Criss-Crossing Traditions: Martin, Fujimura, Swartz, and Sarel
Conclusion
Bibliography
Chapter 3: The Zen Arts: A Mystical Entry Point to a World of Oneness
References
Chapter 4: Jewish Mysticism: Teachings About Unity and Discord
Moving from the One Unified Creator to the Different Components Therein Contained
Intended Purposes for this Variation and the Inherent Discord that Accompanies it
Importance in Jewish Practice of Attaining a Significant Sense of the Unified Whole by Attending to the Details of Our Lives
Conclusion: Return to Pervasive Unity of God With Guidance From Jewish Mysticism on How Jewish Practices and Rituals Achieve Such a Goal
Bibliography
Chapter 5: “The Immense Oceans of God’s Love”: Rumi’s Oceanic Imagery
Oceans of Divine Presence
A Quest for Self-Actualization
Dealing with the Storms of Life
The Sea of the Soul
Oceans of Love
Chapter 6: Benedictine Evangelicalism: Human Flourishing, Peacemaking, and Protestant Pedagogy Today
Miraslov Volf on Religion
Luther and the Ladder of Descent
Martin’s Medieval Mystagogy and the Mundane
The Rule of St Benedict
Conclusion
Bibliography
Chapter 7: The Naqshbandi-Haqqani Sufi Order Approach to Peaceful Coexistence Through Mawlana Sheikh Nazim Al-Haqqani’s Words and Actions
Theoretical Dimensions of Mawlana Sheikh Nazim’s Teaching on Peaceful Coexistence
Adoption of the Quranic Principle of Rabbānism that Unifies All Nations
The Rabbānism Principle Ends Division Within and Among Religions
How to Be a Rabbāni
Sheikh Nazim’s Adoption of the Principle of “Love and Be Loved”
Why Should People Love?
Practical Dimensions of Mawlana Sheikh Nazim’s Active Teachings on Peaceful Coexistence
Mawlana Sheikh Nazim’s Meeting with Pope Benedict XVI
Mawlana Sheikh Nazim’s Spiritual Connection with Saint Nicholas of Flüe
Mawlana Sheikh Nazim’s Spiritual Connection to Saint Barnabas of Cyprus
Mawlana Sheikh Nazim’s Meetings and Mystical Connection with a Jewish Rabbi
Mawlana Sheikh Nazim al-Haqqani’s Solution to End Violence in Families, Communities, and Societies
Conclusion
Part II: Comparative Studies of Mystical Traditions
Chapter 8: Cupitt’s New Religion of the Everyday in the Global Context
An Introduction to Don Cupitt and the Importance of His Work
Critique of “Two World” Religion and Spirituality
Mysticism: The Argument of Mysticism after Modernity
Toward the New Religion of the Everyday
The New Religion of the Everyday and Buddhism
Conclusion
Bibliography
Chapter 9: Transcending the Letter, Awakening the Mind: Maximos the Confessor and Tsong kha pa and the Challenge of Textual Supersessionism
Bibliography
Primary Texts
Other Texts and Secondary Literature
Chapter 10: On The Rasā’il of the Ikhwān al Ṣafā’ and Bonaventure’s Mind’s Road into God: Tracing Mystical Pathways Toward Union with God and Healing the Earth—A Comparative Study of Excerpts from their “Books of the Creatures”
I
Introduction
II
The Brethren of Purity: Excerpts from Epistle #22—“The Case of the Animals versus Man Before the King of the Jinn”
III
Bonaventure’s Book of the Creatures: Excerpts from Itinerarium Mentis in Deum (Mind’s Road into God)
Conclusion
Bibliography
Translations of Primary Sources
Secondary Sources
Chapter 11: Beyond Separations: Mystics Merging Across Time and Space
Mysticism or Ma’rifa in Islam
Terms, Myths, and Metaphors in Ma’rifa Narratives
Bawa and Ibn Arabi
Conclusion
Bibliography
Chapter 12: Al-Fana’ in Ibn ‘Arabi’s and Eckhart’s Thoughts: The Annihilation of the Many in the One
Al-Fana’ in Ibn ‘Arabi’s Thought
Al-Fana’ in Eckhart’s Thought
The Theology of al-Fana’: The Annihilation of the Many in the One
Conclusion
Bibliography
Part III: Social and Ethical Implications
Chapter 13: Identity, Prejudice, and Mysticism: Exploring Sustainable Narratives of Peace Across Religious Borders
Problematizing Mysticism
Identity, Narratives, and Violence in Mysticism
Toward Narratives of Religious Coexistence: Concluding Beyond Mysticism
Bibliography
Chapter 14: Migration and the Mystical-Theological Tradition: Migration Experiences and the Experience of a Dark Night
Migration and Mystical Theology: An Encounter
The Process of Correlation: On Resonances and Dissonances
Instances of Difference and Dissonance
On the Place and Function of Arrival
On the Relationship Between the Human and the Divine
How the African Migrants’ Narratives Enlighten the Narrative of the Dark Night
Instances of Affirmation
Fusing Horizons
On the Experiences of Spiritual Descent and Ascent
Migrant Spirituality: In Discussion with Gemma T. Cruz
Conclusion
Bibliography
Chapter 15: Polishing the Mirror of the Heart: Sufi Poetic Reflections as Interfaith Inspiration for Peace
Seeking the Beloved
The Path of Purification of the Heart
Remembrance of the Beloved: The Prayer of the Heart
The Polished Mirror of the Heart
Conclusion
Bibliography
Chapter 16: Eschatological Politics and Intellectual Jihad: Shaykh Ahmad ibn Idris’s Legacy in Europe
Eschatological Politics
Sacred Texts in Context
The Development of the Contemplative Ways of Islamic Mysticism
The Rule of the Sunna Muhammadiyyah
An Enigmatic Teacher
Rule and Method: “With Every Beat and With Every Breath”
Traditional Islamic Renewal in Europe
Intellectual Jihad
The Role of a Minority of Muslim Believers for Peaceful Coexistence
Bibliography
Chapter 17: Abu Hamid al-Ghazali’s On the Duties of Brotherhood as a Modern Guide for Peaceful Coexistence
Briefly, on al-Ghazali: A Life Formed by Spirituality
On the Duties of Brotherhood
A Final Thought
Bibliography
Chapter 18: Marriage in Sharı̄‘a and Ḥaqı̄qa: Mystical Marriage in the Thought of Maḥmūd Muḥammad Ṭāhā
Background
Gender Inequality in Marriage Laws
Republicans’ Marriage Practice in Sharı̄‘a
Marriage in the Ṣūfı̄ Theme of Ḥaqı̄qa
Conclusion
Bibliography
Chapter 19: Concluding Remarks
Index