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Christian Encounter with Sufism: Monks, Mystics and Mosques explores how Christian thought has historically engaged with the mysticism of Islam, offering a theologically grounded, dialogical reflection on Sufi beliefs and practices.
Drawing on a series of lectures delivered at Oxford, this book examines Christian-Sufi encounter through themes such as love, law, poetry, freedom, and mysticism - tracing both mutual influence and theological divergence. It explores how Sufism emerged and developed in dialogue with other traditions along the Silk Road, how figures like Rumi and Iqbal expressed mystical ideas in poetry and philosophy, and how Christian thinkers have engaged with these ideas across time. With chapters on the renewal of thought in both Islam and Christianity in the Middle East and South Asia, the book provides a differentiated and critical Christian perspective on Sufism - appreciating its spiritual richness while engaging its theological tensions.
Accessible yet grounded in deep scholarship, this book will appeal to students and scholars of theology, religious studies, Islamic studies, and Middle Eastern history, as well as to those involved in interfaith dialogue and Christian-Muslim engagement across the globe.
Contents
Table of Contents
Series Editor's Preface
To Begin With: An Introduction to Christian Encounter with Sufism
Chapter 1 What is Mysticism?
Chapter 2 Monks, Magi and Mosques: Religion on the Silk Road
Chapter 3 Love and Law in Islam and Christianity
Chapter 4 The Origins and Development of Sufism
Chapter 5 The Mystical Poetry of Rumi and Iqbal
Chapter 6 Theism and Pantheism in Rumi
Chapter 7 Rumi and Freedom
Chapter 8 Rumi and Mystical Experience
Chapter 9 God and Creation in Rumi
Chapter 10 The Thought of 'Allama Iqbal
Chapter 11 The Rise of Muslim Modernism and Revivalism
Chapter 12 The Renewal of Christian Thought in the Modern Middle East and South Asia
Concluding remarks
Bibliography
Index
