Imaginal Worlds: Ibn Al-Arabi and the Problem of Religious Diversity PDF
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redirecting... cover next page > Page i Imaginal Worlds title: Imaginal Worlds : Ibn Al-àrabi and the Problem of Religious Diversity SUNY Series in Islam author: Chittick, William C. publisher: State University of New York Press isbn10 | asin: 0791422496 print isbn13: 9780791422496 ebook isbn13: 9780585034256 language: English subject Ibn al-àrabi,--1165-1240, Islam-- Doctrines--History. publication date: 1994 BP80.I2C475 1994eb lcc: BP80.I2C475 1994eb ddc: 297/.4/092 subject: Ibn al-àrabi,--1165-1240, Islam-- Doctrines--History. cover next page > If you like this book, buy it! < previous page page_iii next page > Page iii Imaginal Worlds Ibn al-'Arabi * and the Problem of Religious Diversity William C. Chittick STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK PRESS < previous page page_iii next page > If you like this book, buy it! < previous page page_iv next page > Page iv Published by State University of New York Press, Albany © 1994 State University of New York All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission. No part of this book may be stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means including electronic, electrostatic, magnetic tape, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise without the prior permission in writing of the publisher. For information, address State University of New York Press, State University Plaza, Albany, N.Y., 12246 Production by Marilyn P. Semerad Marketing by Bernadette LaManna Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Chittick, William C. Imaginal worlds : Ibn al-'Arabi and the problem of religious diversity / by William C. Chittick. p. cm.(SUNY series in Islam.) Includes bibliographical references and indexes. ISBN 0-7914-2249-6 (alk. paper). ISBN 0-7914-2250-X (pbk.: alk. paper) 1. Ibn al-'Arabi, 1165-1240. 2. IslamDoctrinesHistory. I. Title. II. Series. BP80.I2C475 1994 297'.4'092dc20 94-17044 CIP 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 < previous page page_iv next page > If you like this book, buy it! < previous page page_v next page > Page v Contents Introduction 1 PART I. HUMAN PERFECTION 1. Oneness of Being 15 20 Divine Names and Human Perfection 23 Incomparability and Similarity 2. Microcosm, Macrocosm, and Perfect Man 31 31 The Goal of Creation 35 The Path to Perfection 3. Ethics and Antinomianism 39 40 Noble Character Traits 46 Blameworthy Character Traits 4. Self-Knowledge and the Original Human Disposition 51 53 The Nondelimitation of Wujud * 54 Imaginal Consciousness 55 Self-Knowledge 57 The Unknown Station 59 Annihilation and Subsistence 62 Becoming Human PART II. WORLDS OF IMAGINATION 5. Revelation and Poetic Imagery 67 67 The Tarjuman al-Ashwaq* 70 Imagination < previous page page_v next page > If you like this book, buy it! < previous page page_vi next page > Page vi 72 Reason and Self-Disclosure 73 The Revelation of Similitudes 77 Witnessing the Loci of Vision 6. Meetings with Imaginal Men 83 84 Discerning Imaginal Realities 88 Varieties of Imaginal Perception 89 Imaginal Men 7. Death and the Afterlife 97 97 Revelation and Reason 98 The Isthmus after Death 101 The Unfolding of the Soul 102 The Next World Inside/Outside 104 110 The Garden and the Fire 113 The Cooling of the Fire PART III. RELIGIOUS DIVERSITY 8. A Myth of Origins 123 124 The Koranic View of Revelation 126 The Divine Names and the Origins of Religion 129 Chapter 66 9. Diversity of Belief 137 138 The Roots of Belief 141 The Two Commands 145 Paths to God 146 Equilibrium 149 The Marks of Belief
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