Seven doors to Islam : spirituality and the religious life of Muslims / John Renard.

By:

Renard, John, 1944-

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Berkeley : University of California Press, �1996.Description: 1 online resource (xv, 333 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780520917477
0520917472
0585079161
9780585079165

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Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Seven doors to Islam.DDC classification:

297/.4 20

LOC classification:

BP161.2 .R47 1996eb

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11.80
BE 8640
EH 5400

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Contents:

Foundations prophetic revelation -- Devotion, ritual and personal prayer -- Inspiration edification and ethics -- Aesthetics from allegory to arabesque -- Community society, institutions, and patronage -- Pedagogy fanning spark into flame -- Experience testimony, paradigm, and critique -- Reprise: Joseph of the seven doors.

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Summary: Reveals the religious worldview and spiritual tradition of the world's one billion Muslims. Spanning the breadth of Islamic civilization from Morocco to Indonesia, this book demonstrates how Muslims have used the literary and visual arts in all their richness and diversity to communicate religious values. Each of the seven chapters opens a "door" that leads progressively closer to the very heart of Islam, from the foundational revelation in the Qur'an to the transcendent experience of the Sufi mystics. However, unlike most studies of Islam, which see spirituality as the concern of a minority of mystical seekers, this book demonstrates its central role in every aspect of the Islamic tradition.--From publisher description.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-297) and indexes.

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Reveals the religious worldview and spiritual tradition of the world's one billion Muslims. Spanning the breadth of Islamic civilization from Morocco to Indonesia, this book demonstrates how Muslims have used the literary and visual arts in all their richness and diversity to communicate religious values. Each of the seven chapters opens a "door" that leads progressively closer to the very heart of Islam, from the foundational revelation in the Qur'an to the transcendent experience of the Sufi mystics. However, unlike most studies of Islam, which see spirituality as the concern of a minority of mystical seekers, this book demonstrates its central role in every aspect of the Islamic tradition.--From publisher description.

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