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Showing 1 to 2 of 2 for “"medieval Islamic mysticism"”.
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Parables of the lovers: the hermeneutics of divine love in medieval Islamic mysticism
Through a hermeneutic analysis of medieval Islamic texts, the thesis examines the development of ideas about Divine love––its ontological origin, nature, and telos––in Sufism, with a focus on the teachings of four luminaries within the mystical tradition: Abu Hamid al-Ghazali (d. 505/1111), Ahmad …
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Abd Al-Karim Al-Jili: tawhid, transcendence and immanence
… his original contribution to the development of medieval Islamic mysticism. In particular, it maintains that far from being an obscure disciple of Ibn Arabi, Al-Jili was able to overcome the apparent contradiction between the doctrinal assumption of a transcendent God and the perception of divine …