The Philosophy of Ecstasy: Rumi and the Sufi Tradition by Lewisohn, Leonard

The Philosophy of Ecstasy: Rumi and the Sufi Tradition

Jalal al-Din Rumi (1207-73), founder of the Mevlevi Sufi order of "Whirling Dervishes," is the best-selling poet...
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The Philosophy of Ecstasy: Rumi and the Sufi Tradition by Lewisohn, Leonard

The Philosophy of Ecstasy: Rumi and the Sufi Tradition

BD$35.84

The Philosophy of Ecstasy: Rumi and the Sufi Tradition

BD$35.84
Author: Leonard Lewisohn
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Jalal al-Din Rumi (1207-73), founder of the Mevlevi Sufi order of "Whirling Dervishes," is the best-selling poet in America today. The wide-ranging appeal of his work is such that UNESCO declared 2007 to be "International Rumi Year." However, his writings represent much more than love poetry. Rumi was one of the preeminent thinkers of Sufism, the esoteric form of Islam. In this groundbreaking collection of 13 essays on Rumi, many of the world's leading authorities in the field of Islamic Studies and Persian Literature discuss the major religious themes in his poetry and teachings. In addition to discussing the ideas of love, ecstasy, and music in Rumi's Sufi poetry, the essays offer new historical and theological perspectives on his work. The immortality of the soul, freewill, the nature of punishment and reward, and the relationship of Islam to Christianity are all covered, in order to bring Rumi's poetry properly into the context of the Sufi tradition to which he belonged.

Author: Leonard Lewisohn
Publisher: World Wisdom Books
Published: 12/01/2014
Pages: 340
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.14lbs
Size: 8.97h x 6.32w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9781936597420


Award: Midwest Book Award (MIPA) - Winner

About the Author
Leonard Lewisohn is Senior Lecturer in Persian and Iran Heritage Foundation Fellow in Classical Persian and Sufi Literature at the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies of the University of Exeter. He is the author of Beyond Faith and Infidelity: The Sufi Poetry and Teachings of Mahmud Shabistari and editor of three volumes on The Heritage of Sufism. Lewisohn is also the editor of the Mawlana Rumi Review, an annual journal devoted to the work of Rumi.


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