2012, ISBN: 9780835608640

Gold Winner of the 2012 Benjamin Franklin Award and the 2012 Independent Publisher Book Award!This is a definitive book on the Sufi way of blame that addresses the cultural life of Sufism… More...

Gold Winner of the 2012 Benjamin Franklin Award and the 2012 Independent Publisher Book Award!This is a definitive book on the Sufi way of blame that addresses the cultural life of Sufism in its entirety. Originating in ninth-century Persia, the way of blame (Arab. malamatiyya) is a little-known tradition within larger Sufism that focused on the psychology of egoism and engaged in self-critique. Later, the term referred to those Sufis who shunned Islamic literalism and formalism, thus being worthy of blame. Yannis Toussulis may be the first to explore the relation between this controversial movement and the larger tradition of Sufism, as well as between Sufism and Islam generally, throughout history to the present. Both a Western professor of the psychology of religion and a Sufi practitioner, Toussulis has studied malamatiyya for over a decade. Explaining Sufism as a lifelong practice to become a perfect mirror in which God contemplates Himself, he draws on and critiques contemporary interpretations by G. I Gurdjieff, J. G. Bennett, and Idries Shah, as well as on Frithjof Schuon, Martin Lings, and Seyyed Hossein Nasr. He also contributes personal research conducted with one of the last living representatives of the way of blame in Turkey today, Mehmet Selim Ozic. Trade Books>Trade Paperback>Religion,Inspiration>Islam>Sufism, Quest Books Core >1<

ISBN: 9780835608640

This is a definitive book on the Sufi ""way of blame"" that addresses the cultural life of Sufism in its entirety. Originating in ninth-century Persia, the ""way of blame"" (Arab. malamat… More...

This is a definitive book on the Sufi ""way of blame"" that addresses the cultural life of Sufism in its entirety. Originating in ninth-century Persia, the ""way of blame"" (Arab. malamatiyya) is a little-known tradition within larger Sufism that focused on the psychology of egoism and engaged in self-critique. Later, the term referred to those Sufis who shunned Islamic literalism and formalism, thus being worthy of ""blame."" Yannis Toussulis may be the first toexplore the relation between this controversial movement and the larger tradition of Sufism, as well as between Sufism and Islam generally, throughout history to the present. Both a Western professor of the psychology of religion and a Sufi practitioner, Toussulis has studied malamatiyya for over a decade. Explaining Sufism as a lifelong practice to become a ""perfect mirror in which God contemplates Himself,"" he draws on and critiques contemporary interpretations by G. I Gurdjieff, J. G. Bennett, and Idries Shah, as well as on Frithjof Schuon, Martin Lings, and Seyyed Hossein Nasr. He also contributes personal research conducted with one of the last living representatives of the way of blame in Turkey today, Mehmet Selim Ozic. | Sufism and the Way of Blame by Yannis Toussulis Phd Paperback | Indigo Chapters Books > Religion > Islam > Sufism P10107, Yannis Toussulis Phd<

2012, ISBN: 9780835608640

Gold Winner of the 2012 Benjamin Franklin Award and the 2012 Independent Publisher Book Award! This is a definitive book on the Sufi "way of blame" that addresses the cultural life of Su… More...

Gold Winner of the 2012 Benjamin Franklin Award and the 2012 Independent Publisher Book Award! This is a definitive book on the Sufi "way of blame" that addresses the cultural life of Sufism in its entirety. Originating in ninth-century Persia, the "way of blame" (Arab. malamatiyya) is a little-known tradition within larger Sufism that focused on the psychology of egoism and engaged in self-critique. Later, the term referred to those Sufis who shunned Islamic literalism and formalism, thus being worthy of "blame." Yannis Toussulis may be the first to explore the relation between this controversial movement and the larger tradition of Sufism, as well as between Sufism and Islam generally, throughout history to the present. Both a Western professor of the psychology of religion and a Sufi practitioner, Toussulis has studied malamatiyya for over a decade. Explaining Sufism as a lifelong practice to become a "perfect mirror in which God contemplates Himself," he draws on and critiques contemporary interpretations by G. I Gurdjieff, J. G. Bennett, and Idries Shah, as well as on Frithjof Schuon, Martin Lings, and Seyyed Hossein Nasr. He also contributes personal research conducted with one of the last living representatives of the way of blame in Turkey today, Mehmet Selim Ozic. Books, [PU: Theosophical Publishing House]<

2011, ISBN: 9780835608640

Foreword: Darr, Robert Abdul Hayy, Quest Books,U.S. Paperback, 280 Seiten, Publiziert: 2011-05-18T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Book, Hersteller-Nr.: part_0835608646, 0.43 kg, Verkaufsrang: 1… More...

Foreword: Darr, Robert Abdul Hayy, Quest Books,U.S. Paperback, 280 Seiten, Publiziert: 2011-05-18T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Book, Hersteller-Nr.: part_0835608646, 0.43 kg, Verkaufsrang: 1217085, Sufism, Islam, Religion & Spirituality, Subjects, Books, Mysticism, New Age, Course in Miracles, Quest Books,U.S., 2011<