The philosophy of ecstasy : Rumi and the sufi tradition / edited by Leonard Lewisohn

Lewisohn, Leonard [editor]

ISBN 10: 193659742X / ISBN 13: 9781936597420

Published by Bloomington, Indiana : World Wisdom, 2014

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Fine paperback copy. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; xxii, 319 pages ; 23 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-306) and index. Contents; Etudes in ecstasy: leitmotifs of R m 's poetics : the symphony of R m / -- Husayn Ilahi-Ghomshei -- Principles of the philosophy of ecstasy in R m 's poetry / Leonard Lewisohn -- R m 's sufi ecumenism "one shrine alone": Christians, sufis, and the vision of Mawl n / Roderick Grierson -- The contemporary relevance of R m 's language of the soul / Kabir Helminski -- Historical and theological perspectives on R m 's oeuvre: towards a chronology of the poems in the D v n-i shams: A prolegomenon for a periodization of R m 's literary oeuvre / Franklin Lewis -- The revival of the spiritual dimension of the sunna in R m 's Mathnaw / Shahram Pazouki -- From R m 's Mathnaw to the popular stage / Iraj Anvar & Peter Chelkowski -- Designs of love: sense and structure in R m 's Mathnaw -- Open heart surgery: the poetic operation of love in R m 's mathnaw / Alan Williams -- The ascension of the word: rhetoric and reader engagement in R m 's Mathnaw / James W. Morris -- Wakened by the dove's trill: structure and meaning in the preface to R m 's Mathnaw , book IV / Carl W. Ernst) -- Spiritual progression in books one and two of the Mathnaw / Simon Weightman -- In memoriam: Gökalp Kâmil / Roderick Grierson. Subjects; Jal l al-D n R m Maulana 1207-1273 Criticism and interpretation. Jal l al-D n R m Maulana 1207-1273 Mas nav . Jal l al-D n R m Maulana 1207-1273. Sufi poetry, Persian History and criticism. Sufism History. Mevleviyeh. Sufi poetry, Persian. Sufism. 1 Kg. Item is Shipped from Ireland or US locations.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The philosophy of ecstasy : Rumi and the sufi tradition / edited by Leonard Lewisohn
• Publisher: Bloomington, Indiana : World Wisdom
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 193659742X
• ISBN 13: 9781936597420
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Weight: 1 kilogram

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Synopsis

Jalal al-Din Rumi (1207-73), founder of the Mevlevi Sufi order of “Whirling Dervishes,” is the best-selling poet in America today. The wide-ranging appeal of his work is such that UNESCO declared 2007 to be “International Rumi Year.” However, his writings represent much more than love poetry. Rumi was one of the preeminent thinkers of Sufism, the esoteric form of Islam. In this groundbreaking collection of 13 essays on Rumi, many of the world’s leading authorities in the field of Islamic Studies and Persian Literature discuss the major religious themes in his poetry and teachings. In addition to discussing the ideas of love, ecstasy, and music in Rumi’s Sufi poetry, the essays offer new historical and theological perspectives on his work. The immortality of the soul, freewill, the nature of punishment and reward, and the relationship of Islam to Christianity are all covered, in order to bring Rumi’s poetry properly into the context of the Sufi tradition to which he belonged.

About the Author

Leonard Lewisohn is Senior Lecturer in Persian and Iran Heritage Foundation Fellow in Classical Persian and Sufi Literature at the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies of the University of Exeter. He is the author of Beyond Faith and Infidelity: The Sufi Poetry and Teachings of Mahmud Shabistari and editor of three volumes on The Heritage of Sufism. Lewisohn is also the editor of the Mawlana Rumi Review,an annual journal devoted to the work of Rumi.