基本説明
Reveals the religious worldview and spiritual tradition of the world's one billion Muslims.
Full Description
Seven Doors to Islam reveals the religious worldview and spiritual tradition of the world's one billion Muslims. Spanning the breadth of Islamic civilization from Morocco to Indonesia, this book demonstrates how Muslims have used the literary and visual arts in all their richness and diversity to communicate religious values. Each of the seven chapters opens a "door" that leads progressively closer to the very heart of Islam, from the foundational revelation in the Qur'an to the transcendent experience of the Sufi mystics. However, unlike most studies of Islam, which see spirituality as the concern of a minority of mystical seekers, Seven Doors demonstrates its central role in every aspect of the Islamic tradition.
Contents
List of Illustrations
Preface
ONE
FOUNDATIONS: PROPHETIC REVELATION
Qur'an in Islamic Spirituality
Sacred Scripture
Interpreting Qur'an
Scriptural Themes
Hadith in Islamic Spirituality
Sayings of the Prophet
Sayings of the Imams
Sacred Sayings
Experiencing Qur'an and Hadith
Sacred Literature
Memory and Recitation
Seeing the Word
TWO
DEVOTION: RITUAL AND PERSONAL PRAYER
On the Liturgical Calendar
About the Five Pillars
From the Pulpit
Art and Architecture
Devotion beyond Duty
Prayer
Rites of Passage
Sermons for Every Occasion
Art and Architecture
THREE
INSPIRATION: EDIFICATION AND ETHICS
Exemplary Models
Prophets and Friends of God
Individual Life Stories
Collected Lives
Wisdom Literature
Pointers for the Powerful
Morals for the Masses
Encountering the Exemplars
Storytelling as Entertainment
Visual Arts as Education
FOUR
AESTHETICS: FROM ALLEGORY TO ARABESQUE
Literature and Spirituality
Religious Poetry
Metaphor
Allegory
Principal Poetic Forms
Didactic Poetry
Lyric Poetry
Arabesque and Aesthetics
Visual Symbolism
Architectural Symbolism
Painting and the Decorative Arts
FIVE
COMMUNITY: SOCIETY, INSTITUTIONS,
AND PATRONAGE
Social and Historical Contexts
Religion, Society, and Culture
Money and Power
Institutional Texts
Public Support
Private Discipline
Patronage and the Arts
Patronage
Building Community
Spirituality of Artist and Patron
SIX
PEDAGOGY: FANNING SPARK INTO FLAME
Learning for Life
Issues and Questions
Sufism's Great Books
From the Great Teachers
Between Sermon and Seminar
Borrowed Notes
Keeping in Touch
Required Reading for Mystics
Advice for Inexperienced Travelers
Mystical Geography
Languages of the Spirit
SEVEN
EXPERIENCE: TESTIMONY, PARADIGM,
AND CRITIQUE
From Theory to Practice
Religion and Experience
Heart Speaks to Heart
Soul on Pilgrimage
Narrative and Imagination
Muhammad as Mystical Model
Beyond Storytelling
Saying the Unsayable
Explaining the Unexplainable
Evaluating Experience
The Science of Hearts
Traveling Companions
REPRISE:
JOSEPH OF THE SEVEN DOORS
Notes
Select Glossary
Index of Qur'anic Citations
General Index
