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The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Islamic Spirituality

Vincent J. Cornell (Edited by), VJ Cornell (Author), Bruce B. Lawrence (Edited by)

9780470674208, Wiley

Hardback, published 29 December 2022

608 pages
24.4 x 17 x 3.9 cm, 1.304 kg

A ground-breaking and comprehensive collection on various facets of Islamic spirituality throughout history and in the modern world

The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Islamic Spirituality is an authoritative reference work comprising twenty-eight scholarly essays that explore the expressive and performative dimensions of Islamic spirituality. Edited by two of its most prominent scholars, and bringing together a stellar cast of contributors, this wide-ranging volume covers religious practices, sacred texts, history and places, gender, music, poetry, the visual arts, and politics.

Spirituality has had a long and important history in Islam, where a focus on spirituality is required of every believer. Each Muslim is asked to achieve a state of devotion through prayer, fasting, supplications, recitations, pilgrimage, and ascetic practices. The essays in this volume explain the role of spirituality in Islam—from its beginnings, through the development of its institutions, and into the present day. They also reflect important new research, and discuss contemporary debates and issues affecting Islamic spirituality such as the Internet, social justice, the role of women, ethics, and religious fundamentalism.

Offering readers a thought-provoking way to engage with the topic, this comprehensive work includes:

  • The spirituality of words and letters, including the Qur’an, prophetic traditions in Islam, and litanies, invocations, and devotional texts
  • Devotional practices in Islam, including the spirituality of prayer, ascetic spirituality, Qur’an recitation, and spirituality of the Sufi path
  • Spirituality in literature, including Arabic and Persian poetry, spirituality in the modern novel, and the art of translation
  • Spirituality in the arts, including the visual arts, music, song, and film
  • Islamic spirituality and post-modern practices, including the Internet, Islamic hip-hop, and Salafism

From the personal to the political, The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Islamic Spirituality offers a fresh and revitalized view of all aspects of spirituality in Islam. It is a must-have scholarly resource for advanced undergraduates, graduate students, instructors and scholars studying Islam, spirituality, and Asian and Middle Eastern history as well as general readers with an interest in the subject.

List of Contributors ix

General Introduction xi
Vincent J. Cornell and Bruce B. Lawrence

Part I Expressive Dimensions of Islamic Spirituality

Introduction to Part I
Vincent J. Cornell

IA The Spirituality of Words and Letters

1 The Spirituality of the Qurʾān 23
Bruce B. Lawrence

2 The Spirituality of Hadith 44
Abbas Barzegar

3 The Spirituality of Invocations and Litanies in Islam 61
Kenneth Lee Honerkamp

4 The Many Spirits of the Islamic Past 74
Shahzad Bashir Copyrighted Material

5 Translating Sainthood in Islamic Hagiography 91
Vincent J. Cornell

IB The Spirituality of Places and Spaces

6 The Spiritual Meaning of Mecca, the Ka‘ba, and the Ḥajj 113
Gordon D. Newby

7 The Spiritual Meaning of Medina 130
Daoud Stephen Casewit

8 Jerusalem in Islamic Spirituality 147
Brannon Wheeler

9 The Spirituality of the Sufi Shrine 165
Carl W. Ernst

IC The Spirituality of People and Human Relations

10 The Spiritual Meaning of Muḥammad and the Prophets of Islam 183
Ali A. Allawi

11 The Spiritual Meaning of Devotion to the Shī‘ī Imams 202
Abdulaziz Sachedina

12 Spirituality and Gender in Islam 217
Sa‘diyya Shaikh

13 Spirituality and Social Justice in Islam 234
Mustafa Gokhan Sahin

Part II Performative Dimensions of Islamic Spirituality

Introduction to Part II
Bruce B. Lawrence

IIA Devotional Practices in Islam

14 The Spirituality of Prayer in Islam 263
Hugh Talat Halman

15 The Spirituality of Qurʾān Recitation 277
Pieternella van Doorn-Harder

16 Ascetic Spirituality in Islam 297
Rkia Elaroui Cornell

17 The Spirituality of the Sufi Path 316
William C. Chittick

IIB Spirituality in Literature, Poetry, and the Visual Arts

18 Narrating Transcendence in the Modern Novel 333
miriam cooke

19 The Spirituality of Arab Islamic Poetry 352
Muhsin al-Musawi

20 The Spirituality of Persian Islamic Poetry 372
Franklin D. Lewis

21 Islamic Spirituality in English Translation 395
Michael Beard

22 Islamic Spirituality and the Visual Arts 412
Stefan Sperl

IIC Spirituality in Music, Song, and Cinema

23 Spirituality in Art Musics of the Islamic World 435
Ali Jihad Racy

24 The Spirituality of Qawwali: Lyrics and Ritual in the Sufi Music of South Asia 454
Scott Kugle

25 One Light: Cinema and Islamic Spirituality 476
Negar Mottahedeh

IID Islamic Spirituality in the Anthropocene Age

26 Islamic Spirituality and the Internet 497
Gary R. Bunt

27 The Islamic Spirituality of HipHop 515
Michael Muhammad Knight

28 Ibn Taymiyya and the Case for a Salafism of Mercy 531
Yahya M. Michot

Index 545

Subject Areas: Religion & beliefs [HR]
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