Islam 101
Lesson 3: Famous Muslim Mystics
Bibliography and Questions
Bibliography
Cook, Michael. The Koran: A Very Short Introduction. New York: Oxford University Press, 2000.
Eliade, Mircea. Encyclopedia of Religion. New York: Macmillan, 1987.
Esposito, John L. Islam: The Straight Path. New York: Oxford University Press, 1991.
Khalifa, Rashad (translator). Quran: The Final Scripture. Arizona: Islamic Productions, 1981.
Noss, David S. A History of the World's Religions. New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, 1999.
Ruthven, Malise. Islam: A Very Short Introduction. New York: Oxford University Press, 2000.
Analytical Exercise:
- Where is the line, for a mystic of any tradition, between supreme exposition on divine ecstasy and outright heresy? Why is it easy to oscillate between the two?
For further research – please do some reading on one of the figures discussed in this lesson, using the Internet or any other resource immediately available. How does this person exemplify the tenets of Islam? In what ways does this person deviate from what one may call traditional Islam?
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