Imaginal Worlds: Ibn Al-'Arabi and the Problem of Religious Diversity by William C. Chittick

Imaginal Worlds: Ibn Al-'Arabi and the Problem of Religious Diversity



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Apr 1, 2014 - Creative Imagination in the Sûfism of Ibn 'Arabî. Nov 30, 2013 - The problem was finally solved by the Sufis—and expounded most notably by Ibn Arabi—who relied on direct spiritual experience and knowledge rooted in that experience, rather than on pure reasoning and abstract thinking. Chittick The Self-Disclosure of God: Principles of Ibn Al-'Arabi's Cosmology, William C. Chittick, Suhail Academy, Lahore, 2001, p.7. The problem exists in other religions too, of course. May 5, 2010 - Imaginal Worlds: Ibn Al-'Arabi and the Problem of Religious Diversity, William C. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1997. Aug 24, 2009 - [6] On the diverse gods of belief, see Chittick, Sufi Path, Chapter 19 and idem, Imaginal Worlds: Ibn al-”Arabî and the Problem of Religious Diversity (Albany: SUNY Press, 1994), Chapters 9 and 10. Feb 19, 2014 - Nevertheless, Mulla Sadra was dedicated to the traditional forms of logical arguments that are based on premises evident to the mind rather than on beliefs which come from religious faith and tradition. (1994) Imaginal Worlds: Ibn al-'Arabi and the Problem of Religious Diversity, Albany, NY: State University of New York Press. May 26, 2007 - It consists of several main strands, ranging from Isma'ili thought to the metaphysics of al-Ghazali and Ibn al-'Arabi, and with a continuing powerful presence in the contemporary Islamic world. Albany: State University of America, 1994. Although mystical thinkers were aware that they were advocating an .. Oct 7, 2011 - Excerpt: Imaginal Worlds: Ibn al-'Arabi and the Problem of Religious Diversity, William C. Imaginal Worlds: Ibn al-'Arabî and the Problem of Religious Diversity. Furthermore, Mulla Sadra explains the afterlife of the human soul based on Ibn'Arabi's metaphysics of imagination that introduces the imaginal world (̒alam al-mithal) in between the Intellectual realm on top and the material world at the bottom.

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