Rumi - the Book of Love by Rumi, Coleman Barks (translator)
$24.99 AUD
Category: Sufism | Reading Level: General Adult
Now in paperback, this is the definitive collection of America's bestselling poet Rumi's finest poems of love and lovers. In Coleman Barks' delightful and wise renderings, these poems will open your heart and soul to the lover inside and out. 'There are lovers content with longing. I'm not one of them ...Show more
Sufi Women by Javaad Nurbakhsh
$41.95 AUD
Category: Sufism
In the Preface of Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh's book Sufi Women the question Is there any difference between men and women in terms of their faith? is plainly addressed. With candid simplicity, Dr. Nurbakhsh writes that women who seriously set foot on the path toward Reality are in exactly the same position as ...Show more
The Gift of Rumi: Experiencing the Wisdom of the Sufi Master by Emily Jane O'Dell
$32.99 AUD
Category: Sufism
As one of the world's most loved poets, Rumi's poems are celebrated for their message of love and their beauty, but too often they are stripped of their mystical and spiritual meanings. <i>The Gift of Rumi</i> offers a new reading of Rumi, contextualizing his work against the broader backdro ...Show more
Dangerous Religious Ideas - The Deep Roots of Self-Critical Faith in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam by Rachel S. Mikva
$32.99 AUD
Category: Comparative & Miscellaneous Religion
Reveals how faith traditions have always passed down tools for self-examination and debate, because all religious ideas-not just extremist ones-can cause harm, even as they also embody important moral teachings.Scripture's abiding relevance can inspire great goodness, such as welcoming the stranger and ...Show more
Islam by Karen Armstrong
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Category: Islam | Series: Universal History | Reading Level: very good
In the public mind, Islam is a religion of extremes: it is the world's fastest growing faith; more than three-quarters of the world's refugees are Islamic; it has produced government by authoritarian monarchies in Saudi Arabia and ultra-republicans in Iran. Whether we are reading about civil war in Alge ...Show more
Who Speaks for Islam?: What a Billion Muslims Really Think by John L. Esposito
$35.00 AUD
Category: Islam
What a Billion Muslims Really ThinkIn a post-9/11 world, many Americans conflate the mainstream Muslim majority with the beliefs and actions of an extremist minority. But what do the world's Muslims think about the West, or about democracy, or about extremism itself? Who Speaks for Islam? spotlights thi ...Show more
Demystifying Shariah - What It Is, How It Works, and Why It's Not Taking over Our Country by Sumbul Ali-Karamali
$27.99 AUD
Category: Islam
What is shariah? Is it a draconian, misogynist, and oppressive Islamic law, as the anti-Muslim propagandists insist? Or is it something else, something that inspires nearly a quarter of the world's population to follow its guidelines, turning Islam into the second-largest religion in the world? Award-wi ...Show more
Ambient Sufism - Ritual Niches and the Social Work of Musical Form by Richard C. Jankowsky
$45.95 AUD
Category: Music Therapies | Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology CSE (CHUP) Ser.
Ambient Sufism is a study of the intertwined musical lives of several ritual communities in Tunisia that invoke the healing powers of long-deceased Muslim saints through music-driven trance rituals. Richard C. Jankowsky illuminates the virtually undocumented role of women and minorities in shaping the r ...Show more
Songs of Mihyar the Damascene by Adonis
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Category: Poetry | Series: Penguin Modern Classics Ser.
Written in the early 1960s by Adonis, 'the most eloquent spokesman and explorer of Arabic modernity' (Edward Said), Songs of Mihyar the Damascene is widely considered to be the apex of the modernist poetry movement in the Arab world, and a radical departure from the rigid formal structures that had domi ...Show more
Fundamentals of Rumi's Thought - A Mevlevi Sufi Perspective by Sefik Can; Zeki Saritoprak (Translator); M. Fetullah Gülen (Foreword by)
$32.95 AUD
Category: Sufism
This is a remarkable and timely book. It nicely transcends the usual dichotomy of scholarly and devotional Rumi book by drawing on the wisdom of a magnificent contemporary living sage who drinks from the eternal fountains of compassion that flow through Mevlana's writings. The level of engagement with a ...Show more
A Treasury of Sufi Wisdom: The Path of Unity by Peter Samsel
$55.95 AUD
Category: Sufism
At the very heart of Islam lies the spiritual way of Sufism. Far removed from the negative portrayal of Islam in the headlines, Sufism is rooted in the harmonious qualities of peace, love, beauty, and wisdom. Its primary focus is to return human beings to unity with God. This select treasury of Sufi wis ...Show more