The Diviner’s Handbook An American-Muslim-Filipino Text Adventure Richard W. Bulliet | December 31, 2021 Muslim Literatures / Texts & Translations, About Muslim Literatures Read the rest of this entry
Ghazālī’s Wondrous Plays of the Heart Dramaturgy in "The Resuscitation of the Religious Sciences" Sam Kigar | February 8, 2018 Muslim Literatures / Texts & Translations About Muslim Literatures In al-Ghazālī’s “Wonders of the Heart”—an important part of the famous Muslim thinker’s multi-volume magnum opus, The Resuscitation of the Religious Sciences—we read a litany of metaphorical descriptions of the heart. The heart, for Ghazālī, is a powerful locus of cognition, affect, and control. It is a "king" and its “armies” are the external sense-organs and limbs, as well as internal psychic complexes and appetites. The king-heart has to command these armies in order to make a safe “journey to God.” Why does Ghazālī rely so heavily on metaphor in his description of the heart? What does he make of these illustrative examples, and what do we? Read the rest of this entry
Reading Stories of the Imāms Matthew Pierce | August 25, 2016 Muslim Literatures / Texts & Translations About Muslim Literatures It may be tempting to skip over fanciful or implausible stories that seem to be ubiquitous in many medieval texts. But this narrative material can often give us unique insight into critical moments in history... Read the rest of this entry