The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Islamic Spirituality

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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 textsDevotional practices in Islam, including the spirituality of prayer, ascetic spirituality, Qur’an recitation, and spirituality of the Sufi pathSpirituality in literature, including Arabic and Persian poetry, spirituality in the modern novel, and the art of translationSpirituality in the arts, including the visual arts, music, song, and filmIslamic 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. The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Islamic Spirituality Contents List of Contributors General Introduction Part I Expressive Dimensions of Islamic Spirituality Introduction to Part I IA The Spirituality of Words and Letters 1 The Spirituality of the Qurʾān 2 The Spirituality of Hadith 3 The Spirituality of Invocations and Litanies in Islam 4 The Many Spirits of the Islamic Past 5 Translating Sainthood in Islamic Hagiography IB The Spirituality of Places and Spaces 6 The Spiritual Meaning of Mecca, the Ka‘ba, and the Ḥajj 7 The Spiritual Meaning of Medina 8 Jerusalem in Islamic Spirituality 9 The Spirituality of the Sufi Shrine IC The Spirituality of People and Human Relations 10 The Spiritual Meaning of Muḥammad and the Prophets of Islam 11 The Spiritual Meaning of Devotion to the Shī‘ī Imams 12 Spirituality and Gender in Islam 13 Spirituality and Social Justice in Islam Part II Performative Dimensions of Islamic Spirituality Introduction to Part II IIA Devotional Practices in Islam 14 The Spirituality of Prayer in Islam 15 The Spirituality of Qurʾān Recitation 16 Ascetic Spirituality in Islam 17 The Spirituality of the Sufi Path IIB Spirituality in Literature, Poetry, and the Visual Arts 18 Narrating Transcendence in the Modern Novel 19 The Spirituality of Arab Islamic Poetry 20 The Spirituality of Persian Islamic Poetry 21 Islamic Spirituality in English Translation 22 Islamic Spirituality and the Visual Arts IIC Spirituality in Music, Song, and Cinema 23 Spirituality in Art Musics of the Islamic World 24 The Spirituality of Qawwali: Lyrics and Ritual in the Sufi Music of South Asia 25 One Light: Cinema and Islamic Spirituality IID Islamic Spirituality in the Anthropocene Age 26 Islamic Spirituality and the Internet 27 The Islamic Spirituality of HipHop 28 Ibn Taymiyya and the Case for a Salafism of Mercy Index EULA