Mystical Traditions: Approaches to Peaceful Coexistence (Interdisciplinary Approaches to the Study of Mysticism)

Preface
Contents
Notes on Contributors
List of Figures
Chapter 1: Introduction
Part I: Studies of Mystical Traditions
	Chapter 2: Mysticism, Visual Art, and Repairing the World in a Strife-ridden Secular Age
		Introduction: Religion and the Problem of Language
		Mysticism and Egoless Universalism
		Art, Religion, and Secularity
		Post-Holocaust Art and Kabbalah: Newman, Rothko, Kiefer, and Bak
		Repetition and Singularity: Logemann and Tanavoli
		Criss-Crossing Traditions: Martin, Fujimura, Swartz, and Sarel
		Conclusion
		Bibliography
	Chapter 3: The Zen Arts: A Mystical Entry Point to a World of Oneness
		References
	Chapter 4: Jewish Mysticism: Teachings About Unity and Discord
		Moving from the One Unified Creator to the Different Components Therein Contained
		Intended Purposes for this Variation and the Inherent Discord that Accompanies it
		Importance in Jewish Practice of Attaining a Significant Sense of the Unified Whole by Attending to the Details of Our Lives
		Conclusion: Return to Pervasive Unity of God With Guidance From Jewish Mysticism on How Jewish Practices and Rituals Achieve Such a Goal
		Bibliography
	Chapter 5: “The Immense Oceans of God’s Love”: Rumi’s Oceanic Imagery
		Oceans of Divine Presence
		A Quest for Self-Actualization
		Dealing with the Storms of Life
		The Sea of the Soul
		Oceans of Love
	Chapter 6: Benedictine Evangelicalism: Human Flourishing, Peacemaking, and Protestant Pedagogy Today
		Miraslov Volf on Religion
		Luther and the Ladder of Descent
		Martin’s Medieval Mystagogy and the Mundane
		The Rule of St Benedict
		Conclusion
		Bibliography
	Chapter 7: The Naqshbandi-Haqqani Sufi Order Approach to Peaceful Coexistence Through Mawlana Sheikh Nazim Al-Haqqani’s Words and Actions
		Theoretical Dimensions of Mawlana Sheikh Nazim’s Teaching on Peaceful Coexistence
			Adoption of the Quranic Principle of Rabbānism that Unifies All Nations
				The Rabbānism Principle Ends Division Within and Among Religions
				How to Be a Rabbāni
			Sheikh Nazim’s Adoption of the Principle of “Love and Be Loved”
				Why Should People Love?
		Practical Dimensions of Mawlana Sheikh Nazim’s Active Teachings on Peaceful Coexistence
			Mawlana Sheikh Nazim’s Meeting with Pope Benedict XVI
			Mawlana Sheikh Nazim’s Spiritual Connection with Saint Nicholas of Flüe
			Mawlana Sheikh Nazim’s Spiritual Connection to Saint Barnabas of Cyprus
			Mawlana Sheikh Nazim’s Meetings and Mystical Connection with a Jewish Rabbi
		Mawlana Sheikh Nazim al-Haqqani’s Solution to End Violence in Families, Communities, and Societies
		Conclusion
Part II: Comparative Studies of Mystical Traditions
	Chapter 8: Cupitt’s New Religion of the Everyday in the Global Context
		An Introduction to Don Cupitt and the Importance of His Work
			Critique of “Two World” Religion and Spirituality
		Mysticism: The Argument of Mysticism after Modernity
			Toward the New Religion of the Everyday
		The New Religion of the Everyday and Buddhism
		Conclusion
		Bibliography
	Chapter 9: Transcending the Letter, Awakening the Mind: Maximos the Confessor and Tsong kha pa and the Challenge of Textual Supersessionism
		Bibliography
			Primary Texts
			Other Texts and Secondary Literature
	Chapter 10: On The Rasā’il of the Ikhwān al Ṣafā’ and Bonaventure’s Mind’s Road into God: Tracing Mystical Pathways Toward Union with God and Healing the Earth—A Comparative Study of Excerpts from their “Books of the Creatures”
		I
			Introduction
		II
			The Brethren of Purity: Excerpts from Epistle #22—“The Case of the Animals versus Man Before the King of the Jinn”
		III
			Bonaventure’s Book of the Creatures: Excerpts from Itinerarium Mentis in Deum (Mind’s Road into God)
		Conclusion
		Bibliography
			Translations of Primary Sources
			Secondary Sources
	Chapter 11: Beyond Separations: Mystics Merging Across Time and Space
		Mysticism or Ma’rifa in Islam
		Terms, Myths, and Metaphors in Ma’rifa Narratives
		Bawa and Ibn Arabi
		Conclusion
		Bibliography
	Chapter 12: Al-Fana’ in Ibn ‘Arabi’s and Eckhart’s Thoughts: The Annihilation of the Many in the One
		Al-Fana’ in Ibn ‘Arabi’s Thought
		Al-Fana’ in Eckhart’s Thought
		The Theology of al-Fana’: The Annihilation of the Many in the One
		Conclusion
		Bibliography
Part III: Social and Ethical Implications
	Chapter 13: Identity, Prejudice, and Mysticism: Exploring Sustainable Narratives of Peace Across Religious Borders
		Problematizing Mysticism
		Identity, Narratives, and Violence in Mysticism
		Toward Narratives of Religious Coexistence: Concluding Beyond Mysticism
		Bibliography
	Chapter 14: Migration and the Mystical-Theological Tradition: Migration Experiences and the Experience of a Dark Night
		Migration and Mystical Theology: An Encounter
		The Process of Correlation: On Resonances and Dissonances
			Instances of Difference and Dissonance
				On the Place and Function of Arrival
				On the Relationship Between the Human and the Divine
		How the African Migrants’ Narratives Enlighten the Narrative of the Dark Night
			Instances of Affirmation
			Fusing Horizons
			On the Experiences of Spiritual Descent and Ascent
		Migrant Spirituality: In Discussion with Gemma T. Cruz
		Conclusion
		Bibliography
	Chapter 15: Polishing the Mirror of the Heart: Sufi Poetic Reflections as Interfaith Inspiration for Peace
		Seeking the Beloved
		The Path of Purification of the Heart
		Remembrance of the Beloved: The Prayer of the Heart
		The Polished Mirror of the Heart
		Conclusion
		Bibliography
	Chapter 16: Eschatological Politics and Intellectual Jihad: Shaykh Ahmad ibn Idris’s Legacy in Europe
		Eschatological Politics
		Sacred Texts in Context
		The Development of the Contemplative Ways of Islamic Mysticism
		The Rule of the Sunna Muhammadiyyah
		An Enigmatic Teacher
		Rule and Method: “With Every Beat and With Every Breath”
		Traditional Islamic Renewal in Europe
		Intellectual Jihad
		The Role of a Minority of Muslim Believers for Peaceful Coexistence
		Bibliography
	Chapter 17: Abu Hamid al-Ghazali’s On the Duties of Brotherhood as a Modern Guide for Peaceful Coexistence
		Briefly, on al-Ghazali: A Life Formed by Spirituality
		On the Duties of Brotherhood
		A Final Thought
		Bibliography
	Chapter 18: Marriage in Sharı̄‘a and Ḥaqı̄qa: Mystical Marriage in the Thought of Maḥmūd Muḥammad Ṭāhā
		Background
		Gender Inequality in Marriage Laws
		Republicans’ Marriage Practice in Sharı̄‘a
		Marriage in the Ṣūfı̄ Theme of Ḥaqı̄qa
		Conclusion
		Bibliography
	Chapter 19: Concluding Remarks
Index