Ibn Abbad of Ronda (CWS): Letters on the Sufi Path (Classics of Western Spirituality (Paperback)) - Softcover

Renard, SJ, John

 
9780809127306: Ibn Abbad of Ronda (CWS): Letters on the Sufi Path (Classics of Western Spirituality (Paperback))
Softcover
ISBN 10: 080912730X ISBN 13: 9780809127306
Publisher: Paulist Press, 1986

Synopsis

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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About the Author

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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Publisher
Paulist Press
Publication date
1986
Language
English
ISBN 10 
080912730X
ISBN 13 
9780809127306
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
256

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