Sadr al-Din Qunavi (605/1207-673AH/1274 CE)--stepson and pupil of Ibn \rmʿArabi (d. 638 AH/1240 CE)--played a pivotal role in the development of Islamic intellectual history. His contributions in the medieval period helped alter the course of mystico-philosophical tradition, whi…
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This Project Demonstrating Excellence (PDE) is an anthology of miracles. The introduction gives an overview of the miracles that were worked by Jesus, Buddha, and Mohammed, the respective leaders of Christianity, Buddhism, and Islam. The (PDE) seeks to answer the following quest…
This anthropological study of Sufi Islamic communities in Northern Syria examines the construction of religious identities through the participation in ritual practices under the charismatic leadership of the Sufi shaykhs . The research was based on sixteen months of ethnographi…
This dissertation interprets selected medieval and contemporary Moroccan supernatural legends, arguing that a long-standing mystical tradition has influenced their structural aesthetics. Using a folklore-based methodology that views the legend genre as based on an overt or cover…
This research is motivated by the presently urgent need for cross-cultural understanding, especially between the Middle East and the West. An important source of current misunderstandings is differences in religious ideologies. Developing an understanding of the spiritual herita…
The doctrine of imamate---that is, the rule of a particular individual over the community---is a central and pivotal concept in Islam generally, and in Shi`ism specifically. Scholars who have studied this concept have tended to emphasize one aspect of the doctrine of imamate to …
Mîr Abu al-Qâsim Findiriskî (970/1560 1050/1640) a prominent scholar of the S[dotbelow]afwîd period (906/1501 1148/1736) played an important role in the development of Shî'î Irfân and H[dotbelow]ikmah . He was a classmate and close friend of Mîr Dâmâd (950/1543 1041/1631) and Sh…
This thesis focuses on one of the most important s[dotbelow] ufi figures of the 18th century, Shaykh Muh[dotbelow]ammad 'Abd al-Karim al-Samm an (1717/8-1775). This study examines al-Samman's metaphysical teachings as well as his views on ritual and devotion. In particular, we a…