Ibn 'Abbad of Ronda: Letters on the Sufi Path: v.49 (Classics of Western Spirituality Series) - Hardcover
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Ibn 'Abbad of Ronda (1332-1390) wrote to his friends in Fez from the small Moroccan town of Salé. Here are selections of his letters, dating from 1365 to 1375, blending the lay movement of his time and the Sufi traditions of his past into a fresh spirituality.
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John Renard received a Ph.D. in Islamic Studies, with a specialization in religious literature in Arabic and Persian and religious art, from Harvard University in 1978. He's currently a professor of comparative theology and the history of religion at Saint Louis University in St. Louis, Missouri. His publications include" All the King's Falcons: Rumi on Prophets and Revelation, Seven doors to Islam, Windows on the House of Islam, and Islam" and "the Heroic Image," as well as volumes on Islam, Buddhism, and Hinduism in Paulist Press's "101 Questions "series.
Annemarie Schimmel (1922-2003) was a renowned German scholar of Islam and author of eighty books, including "And Muhammad Is His Messenger: The Veneration of the Prophet in Islamic Piety" and "Mystical Dimensions of Islam".
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Hardcover. Condition: Good +. Hardcover. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4". xviii, 238pp. Mild rubbing and shelf wear to covers, cornesr, and edges of paper over boards. Gentle bumps to corners of boards. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: In late twelfth-century Morocco the major Sufi Orders, which played a crucial role in the social and religious lives of that Moslem country, entered a period of decline, marked by formalism, a loss of inner motivation, and a growing factionalism. In response there arose a renewal movement that emphasized a fresh, vigorous spirituality that allowed its adherents to pursue the inner life in the context of ordinary daily affairs. As one of the leaders of the Shadhiliyyah movement, Ibn Abbad taught a path to God that blended the esoteric Sufi traditions of the past with the popular lay movements of the time. Writing from the small Moroccan town of Sale to friends in the capital city of fez, Ibn Abbad composed numerous letters of spiritual direction that spoke to the concrete problems of his devotees. A selection of these letters, written between 1365-1375, is included here. In the preface to this volume, Professor Annemarie B. Schimmel describes Ibn Abbad's appeal for today: " He has not been surrounded by miracle stories and legends, as have so many other Sufis We rather find Ibn Abbad a quiet friend in whom we can trust, a man who does not dazzle us with flashes of glorious ideas or confuse us with theosophical highfalutin but another waits until we come and listen to him and thus slowly understand his deep responsibility for the spiritual well-being of his readers."(Publisher). Seller Inventory # 15130
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