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This book discusses mysticism and its possible contributions to a positive common human future. It is organized into three parts - “Studies of Mystical Traditions,” “Comparative Studies of Mystical Traditions,” and “Social and Ethical Implications."" The approach is philosophical and critical. The contributors differ on whether or not mystical traditions would restore peaceful living and peaceful coexistence. However, the problem before this manuscript is the growing pain and suffering caused by greed in the world, greed causing economic disequilibrium, racism and divisiveness causing social unrest resulting in mass migration and refugees’ crisis.   Through the lens of “mystical traditions,"" the manuscript proposes a balance approach between material and spiritual needs of people. To strengthen human spiritualty, the manuscript emphasizes practicing meditation, music, prayers, zikr, yoga, mindfulness, fasting and other methods of spiritual revival for peace within self andwith others. 

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Author:   Muhammad Shafiq ,  Thomas Donlin-Smith
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   1st ed. 2023
Weight:   0.606kg
ISBN:  

9783031271205

ISBN 10:   3031271203
Pages:   341
Publication Date:   17 May 2023
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Part One: Studies of Mystical Traditions 1. Mysticism, Visual Art, and Repairing the World in a Strife-ridden Secular Age     2. The Zen Arts—A Mystical Entry Point  to a World of Oneness  3. Jewish Mysticism: Teachings About Unity and Discord 4.  “The Immense Oceans of God’s Love:”  Rumi’s Oceanic Imagery            5. Benedictine Evangelicalism: Human Flourishing, Peacemaking, and Protestant Pedagogy Today              6. The Naqshbandi-Haqqani Sufi Order Approach to Peaceful Coexistence Through Mawlana Sheikh Nazim Al-Haqqani’s Words and Actions       Part Two: Comparative Studies of Mystical Traditions 7. Life’s Great Questions and the Abstract Sacred: Cupitt’s New Religion of the Everyday in the Global Context      8. Transcending The Letter, Awakening the Mind: Maximos the Confessor and Tsong Kha Pa and The Challenge of Textual Supersessionism 9. On The Rasā’il of the Ikhwān al Ṣafā’ and Bonaventure’s Mind’s Road into God 10. Beyond Separations: Mystics Merging Across Time and Space               11. Al-Fana’ in Ibn ‘Arabi’s and Eckhart’s Thoughts: The Annihilation of the Many in the One            Part Three: Social and Ethical Implications 12. Identity, Prejudice, and Mysticism: Exploring Sustainable Narratives of Peace Across Religious Borders              13. Migration and the Mystical-theological tradition: Migration Experiences and the Experience of a Dark Night    14. Polishing the Mirror of the Heart: Sufi Poetic Reflections as Interfaith Inspiration for Peace     15. Eschatological Politics and Intellectual Jihad: Shaykh Ahmad ibn Idris legacy in Europe 16. Abu Hamid al-Ghazali’s on the Duties of Brotherhood as a Modern Guide for Peaceful Coexistence     17. Marriage in “Sharī‘a and Ḥaqīqa”:Mystical Marriage in the Thought of Maḥmūd Muḥammad Ṭāhā       18. Concluding Remarks

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 Muhammad Shafiq is a professor of religious studies at Nazareth College. He directs the Hickey Center for Interfaith Studies and holds the Chair for Islamic and Interfaith Studies at the International Institute for Islamic Thought. He recently published a co-edited volume with Palgrave entitled The (De)Legitimization of Violence in Sacred and Human Contexts (2021). Thomas Donlin-Smith is a professor of religious studies at Nazareth College. He recently published a co-edited volume with Palgrave entitled The (De)Legitimization of Violence in Sacred and Human Contexts (2021).

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