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Both a dictionary and a glossary of terms, this work attempts to cover the entire field of Islam - religious, ethical and philosophical. Features include the use of terms most likely to be encountered in current reading, and biographies of eminent Muslim and Islamic scholars throughout the ages.

Examines the role of God in medieval Islamic philosophy and theology in a new and exciting way. Renouncing the traditional chronological method of considering Islamic philosophy, Netton uses modern literary modes of criticism derived from structuralism, post-structuralism and semiotics.

Juxtaposes several of the miracles in the Islamic and Christian traditions This new and dynamic approach to the perennially fascinating subject of miracles adopts a strictly anthropological and phenomenological approach. Allowing the miracles to speak for themselves, Ian Richard Netton examines these phenomena in the Islamic and Christian traditions through the lens of narration. What are the stories of the miracles? What are the contexts whi...

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First Published in 1995. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

In "Islam, Christianity and the Mystic Journey, " Ian Richard Netton clears misconceptions and highlights comparisons in the thought and lives of six key mystics: Al-Kalabadhi, Al-Daylami, Al-Qushayri, Julian of Norwich, Thomas A. Kempis and Theresa of Avila. By considering these figures from both Eastern and Western mystical traditions, Netton delves into their thematic differences and similarities, the ways of Perfection on the Mystic Path, ...

This book is unique in offering a comparative exploration of the role of tradition in Islam and Christianity. The author draws on a variety of primary and secondary sources including contemporary newspaper and journal articles, documents and letters, adding an immediacy to a lucid and stimulating text. Drawing on past and present evidence, and using Christian tradition as a focus for contrast and comparison, Ian R. Netton highlights the seemin...

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In "Islam, Christianity and the Mystic Journey, " Ian Richard Netton clears misconceptions and highlights comparisons in the thought and lives of six key mystics: Al-Kalabadhi, Al-Daylami, Al-Qushayri, Julian of Norwich, Thomas A. Kempis and Theresa of Avila. By considering these figures from both Eastern and Western mystical traditions, Netton delves into their thematic differences and similarities, the ways of Perfection on the Mystic Path, ...

Essays on themes (migration, pilgrimage and travel) as old as Islam itself and integral in the development of a cosmopolitan Islamic social order embracing much of Africa and Eurasia.

This examines the role of God in medieval Islamic philosophy and theology. Modern literary modes are used to criticize major Islamic and Arab thinkers of the Middle Ages and their views on the nature, function, role and development of their God.

The publication of Edward Said¿s Orientalism in 1978 marks the inception of orientalism as a discourse. Since then, Orientalism has remained highly polemical and has become a widely employed epistemological tool. Three decades on, this volume sets out to survey, analyse and revisit the state of the Orientalist debate, both past and present.The leitmotiv of this book is its emphasis on an intimate connection between art, land and voyage. Orient...

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Explores various facets of the Islamic search for knowledge, with essays on aspects of Thought or Travel.

An essay in literary criticism with a difference, addressing the nature of blasphemy and using selected novels by Salman Rushdie, Najib Mahfuz and Nikos Kazantzakis as case studies.

This new and dynamic approach to the perennially fascinating subject of miracles adopts a strictly anthropological and phenomenological approach. Allowing the miracles to speak for themselves, Ian Richard Netton examines these phenomena in the Islamic and Christian traditions through the lens of narration.

This study reveals the world of Sufi ritual with particular reference to two major Sufi orders. It examines the ritual and practices of these orders and surveys their organisation and hierarchy, initiation ceremonies, and aspects of their liturgy such as dhikr (litany) and sama (mystical concert). Comparisons are made with the five pillars of Islam (arkan), and the Sufi rituals, together with the arkan, are examined from the perspective of the...