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Muhammad's Ascension in Muslim Spain
A survey of the Muslim, Jewish, and Christian debates and mystical discussions about Muhammad's heavenly journey that took place in early medieval Spain. This book demonstrates how Muhammad's heavenly journey, as discussed throughout the eleventh and twelfth centuries in the western Mediterranean, was the site both of polemical religious debates and of a rich and varied tradition of mystical commentary. Out of these fertile contexts sprang two very influential sets of ascension discourses: First, the growth of the "Perfect and Complete" version of the Islamic ascension tale that spread throughout the Muslim world; second, the complex and multidimensional mystical interpretations of Muhammad's journey by one of the most famous Sufis of all time, the "Grand Master" Muhyi al-Din Ibn ‘Arabi (d. 1240 CE). This work surveys key sources of this Andalusi contemplative tradition and also includes a complete translation of one of its very earliest written texts, preserved in a unique fragmentary Arabic manuscript, making this important historical document accessible to scholars, students, and general audiences alike for the very first time.
The Most Noble of People
Negotiates ethnic, religious, and gender identity amid turbulent social change in medieval Islamic Spain
Ibn Sab’in of the Ricote Valley; the First and Last Islamic Place in Spain
This book is the outcome of a close study of the Ricote Valley and its famous Sufi Ibn Sab'in. Its purpose is to disclose more of the historical and comparative data. Arab Spaniards have created a glorious human story that lasted for centuries within the scope of the Mediterranean culture. However, a lot of the history of the Ricote Valley is only written in Spanish and still not in English. Andalusian scientists moved from the region of Murcia to the heart of the Islamic world. Their move had quite a deep effect. Among these scientists was the great Sufi philosopher, Muhammad Ibn-'Abdul-Haq known as Ibn- Sab'in (d. 669 H. = 1270 AD), who came from the Ricote Valley. He is the originator of the deep philosophical approach in dealing with highly humanistic Sufi thought, and the author of the magnificent treatise Al-Kalam 'ala Al-Masa'il Al-Siqqilliyya, in which he answered the philosophical questions that Frederick II, the Emperor of Sicily, sent to Muslim scientists in the Mashreq and the Maghreb.
Religious and Intellectual Diversity in the Islamicate World and Beyond Volume I
Religious and Intellectual Diversity in the Islamicate World and Beyond is a collection of essays in honor of Sarah Stroumsa, an eminent scholar who through the years has embodied and advanced the possibility of collaboration across borders. The volume is presented to her by scholars working on the study of the intellectual history of the Middle Ages, the intercultural contact and migration of knowledge in the Islamic world, and many other topics. Contributors: Binyamin Abrahamov, Camilla Adang, Anna Ayse Akasoy, Aleida Assmann, Jan Assmann, Meir M. Bar-Asher, José Bellver, Menachem Ben-Sasson, Haggai Ben-Shammai, Glen W. Bowersock, Rémi Brague, Godefroid de Callataÿ, Jonathan Decter, Mic...
Sufi Cosmology
This volume discusses the origin and structure of the universe in mystical Islam (Sufism) with special reference to parallel realms of existence and their interaction. Contributors address Sufi ideas about the fate of human beings in this and future life under three rubrics: (1) cosmogony and eschatology (“where do we come from?” and “where do we go?”); (2) conceptualizations of the world of the here-and-now (“where are we now?”); and (3) visualizations of realms of existence, their hierarchy and mutual relationships (“where are we in relation to other times and places?”). Contributors are Christian Lange, Alexander Knysh, Noah Gardiner, Stephen Hirtenstein, Saeko Yazaki, Jean-Jacques Thibon, Leah Kinberg, Sara Sviri, Munjed M. Murad, Simon O’Meara, Pierre Lory, Mathieu Terrier, Michael Ebstein, Binyamin Abrahamov and Frederick Colby.
Demons and Illness from Antiquity to the Early-Modern Period
In many near eastern traditions, including Christianity, Judaism and Islam, demons have appeared as a cause of illness from ancient times until at least the early modern period. This volume explores the relationship between demons, illness and treatment comparatively. Its twenty chapters range from Mesopotamia and ancient Egypt to early modern Europe, and include studies of Judaism, Christianity and Islam. They discuss the relationship between ‘demonic’ illnesses and wider ideas about illness, medicine, magic, and the supernatural. A further theme of the volume is the value of treating a wide variety of periods and places, using a comparative approach, and this is highlighted particularl...
Andalus and Sefarad
An integrative approach to Jewish and Muslim philosophy in al-Andalus Al-Andalus, the Iberian territory ruled by Islam from the eighth to the fifteenth centuries, was home to a flourishing philosophical culture among Muslims and the Jews who lived in their midst. Andalusians spoke proudly of the region's excellence, and indeed it engendered celebrated thinkers such as Maimonides and Averroes. Sarah Stroumsa offers an integrative new approach to Jewish and Muslim philosophy in al-Andalus, where the cultural commonality of the Islamicate world allowed scholars from diverse religious backgrounds to engage in the same philosophical pursuits. Stroumsa traces the development of philosophy in Musli...
Hacia una espiritualidad liberadora
¿Hay lugar para la espiritualidad en la era de la revolución científico-técnica, la inteligencia artificial, el transhumanismo, la robótica, la crisis ecológica y el avance del neoliberalismo? En este ensayo, el teólogo Juan José Tamayo, consciente de que va a contracorriente, responde afirmativamente. La espiritualidad es una de las dimensiones fundamentales del ser humano, como lo son la corporalidad, la sociabilidad, la subjetividad y la intersubjetividad, la racionalidad, la imaginación y el carácter utópico. Implica cargar con la compleja realidad que nos toca vivir para desvelar todo tipo de desigualdades en aras de una transformación hacia una sociedad mejor. En la espirit...
Sabiduría perenne
En un mundo inundado de ruido, Sabiduría Perenne surge como una luz guía para quienes buscan claridad y profundad. De la mano de ocho autores en el campo de la espiritualidad y la filosofía –Pablo D'Ors, Nacho Bañeras, Javier G. Campayo, Mardía Herrero, Halil Bárcena, Jorge Rodríguez Ariza y Anna Caixach– este libro nos ofrece un refugio donde la belleza, la bondad, el alma, las imágenes y los sueños nos reconectan con lo esencial de nuestro ser. Sabiduría Perenne te invita a explorar más allá del caos cotidiano, ofreciéndote un mosaico de inspiraciones, visiones y herramientas únicas para una vida más rica y plena. Estas páginas son un puente hacia un bienestar integral, un manual para el alma que busca no solo sobrevivir, sino florecer en el moderno maremágnum de la vida moderna. Con los autores: Pablo D'Ors, Nacho Bañeras, Javier G. Campayo, Mardía Herrero, Halil Bárcena, Jorge Rodríguez Ariza y Anna Caixach.
Unsaying God
Focusing on the first seven centuries of the Islamic intellectual history, Unsaying God examines the ways in which Muslim, and some Jewish, scholars negated what they said about God in order to indicate the limits of human thought on the absolute. Ardogan Kars argue that contemporary studies on apophasis and negative theology in Islam are strongly motivated by the challenges and demands of modernity, and tend to preserve European universalism in the language of pluralism.
