Ikhwan al-Safa': A Brotherhood of Idealists on the Fringe of Orthodox Islam de Godefroid de Callatay

Ikhwan al-Safa': A Brotherhood of Idealists on the Fringe of Orthodox Islam: Makers of the Muslim World

Autor Godefroid de Callatay

en Limba Engleză Hardback – feb 2006

An illuminating study of the mysterious Brethren of Purity', the 10th century letter writers whose epistles, although often deemed heretical, exerted a profound influence on the development of Shi'i Islam.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781851684045
ISBN-10: 1851684042
Pagini: 160
Dimensiuni: 137 x 216 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.33 kg
Editura: Oneworld Publications
Colecția Oneworld Publications
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Notă biografică

Author Godefroid de Callatay is Professor of Islamic Studies at the University of Louvain.

Cuprins

Acknowledgement

INTRODUCTION

Shi`ism

Philosophy

The tenth century

1 ESOTERICISM

The name

The problem of date and authorship

Ancient evidence

Later conjectures

Modern confusion

The tangible corpus of epistles

2 EMANATIONISM

The formation of the universe

The creation of time

Coming-to-be and passing-away

The place of man in God¿s creation

Man¿s double nature

The sin of the First Adam

Eschatological prospects

3 MILLENARIANISM

Astrological determinism

The theory of prophetic cycles

The origin of prophetic astrology

A propitious conjunction in sight

The Sleepers of the Cave

Concealment and manifestation

The rising of the three qäims

4 ENCYCLOPAEDISM

The classification of knowledge

Propaedeutic sciences

Religious sciences

Philosophical sciences

The subdivisions of philosophy

Comparison of the systems

5 SYNCRETISM

The Greek heritage

Persian and Indian influences

Reconciling profane and sacred wisdom

The interpretation of the Qur¿an

The leveling of sacred authorities

The ultimate books

6 IDEALISM

Other confessions

Religious law

The true imam

Imagined propaganda

The sessions of science

Metaphors for Utopia

Epilogue

Guide to further reading

Index of passages from the Rasäil Ikhwan al-Safä

General index