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Renowned scholar William C. Chittick explores the worldview of Islam in a series of essays written over thirty-six years.
In Search of the Lost Heart brings together twenty-six essays by William C. Chittick, renowned scholar of Sufism and Islamic philosophy. Written between 1975 and 2011, most of these essays are not readily available in Chittick's own books. Although this is a collection, its editors have crafted it to be a book "sufficient unto itself, which, when taken as a whole, can be said to explore the underlying worldview of Islam."
Chittick draws upon the writings of towering figures such as Ibn al-'Arabī, Rūmī, and Mullā Ṣadrā, as well as other important, but lesser-known thinkers, as he engages with a wide variety of topics, such as the nature of being and knowledge, the relationship between love and scriptural hermeneutics, the practical and theoretical dimensions of Islamic mysticism, the phenomenon of religious diversity, and the ecological crisis.
Contents
A Note on Transliteration and Style
Editors' Introduction
Part I. Sufism and the Islamic Tradition
1. Islam in Three Dimensions
2. The Bodily Gestures of the Şalāt
3. Weeping in Islam and the Sufi Tradition
4. A Shādhilī Presence in Shi'ite Islam
5. The Pluralistic Vision of Persian Sufi Poetry
6. The Real Shams-i Tabrīzī
7. The Koran as the Lover's Mirror
Part II. Ibn al-'Arabī and His Influence
8. A History of the Term Wahdat al-Wujūd
9. The Question of Ibn al-'Arabī's "Influence" on Rūmī
10. Ibn al-'Arabī on the Benefit of Knowledge
11. Qūnawī, Neoplatonism, and the Circle of Ascent
12. Farghānī on Oneness and Manyness
13. Jāmī on the Perfect Man
14. Two Treatises by Khwāja Khurd
15. A Debate Between the Soul and the Spirit
16. A Sufi Handbook from Bijapur
Part III. Islamic Philosophy
17. Rūmī and the Wooden Leg of Reason
18. Bābā Afdal's Psychology
19. Mullā Şadrā on Perception
20. Eschatology in Islamic Thought
21. The Circle of Life
22. The Goal of Philosophy
Part IV. Reflections on Contemporary Issues
23. The Metaphysical Roots of War and Peace
24. Harmony with the Cosmos
25. Stray Camels in China
26. In Search of the Lost Heart
Appendix I: Chronological List of Historical Figures Cited
Appendix II: Chapter Sources
Appendix III: Books by William C. Chittick
Notes
Bibliography
Index of Koranic Passages
Index of Hadiths and Sayings
General Index
