Islam at the crossroads : on the life and thought of Bediuzzaman Said Nursi / edited and with an introduction by Ibrahim M. Abu-Rabiʻ.

Other author Abu-Rabiʻ, Ibrahim M.
Format Book
Publication InfoAlbany : State University of New York Press, ©2003.
Descriptionxxiv, 367 pages ; 23 cm.
Subjects
Nursi, Said, 1873-1960.
Nurculuk.
Muslim scholars--Turkey. --Biography.

SeriesSUNY series in Near Eastern studies
SUNY series in Near Eastern studies. ^A154718
Contents Editor's introduction -- A chronology of Said Nursi's life / Şükran Vahide -- Toward an intellectual biography of Said Nursi / Şükran Vahide -- In the footsteps of Said Nursi / Fred A. Reed -- Reflections on Said Nursi's life and thought / Şerif Mardin -- Qurʼanic commentary, public space, and religious intellectuals in the writings of Said Nursi / Dale F. Eickelman -- How to read Said Nursi's Risale-i Nur / Ibrahim M. Abu-Rabiʻ -- Said Nursi's interpretation of Jihād / Şükran Vahide -- Prison is a hell for the unbeliever: thoughts and reflections on two imprisoned Muslims / Ayize Jamat-Everett -- Revelation, the disciplines of reason, and truth in the works of Said Nursi and Paul Tillich / Kelton Cobb -- The concept of man: Mevlānā Jalāl al-Dīn and Said Nursi / Bilal Kuşpinar -- Forgetting Gramsci and remembering Said Nursi: parallel theories of Gramsci and Said Nursi in the space of eurocentrism / Mucahit Bilici -- The marrow of worship and the moral vision: Said Nursi and supplication / Lucinda Allen Mosher -- The separation of human philosophy from the wisdom of the Qurʼān in Said Nursi's work / Taha ʻAbdel Rahman -- The problem of theodicy in the Risale-i Nur / Mehmet S. Aydin -- The apocalypse in the teachings of Said Nursi / Barbara Freyer Stowasser -- Ghurbah as paradigm for Muslim life: a Risale-i Nur worldview / Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad -- Islam, the environment, and Said Nursi / Oliver Leaman -- Text and community: an analysis of the Risale-i Nur movement / Metin Karabaşoǧlu -- Nur study circles (Bershanes) and the formation of new religious consciousness in Turkey / M. Hakan Yavuz -- Said Nursi's project of revitalizing contemporary Islamic thought / M. Sait Özervarlı -- Preface to the al-Mathnawī al-ʻArabī al-Nūrī / Redha Ameur, translator.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 351-361) and index.
LCCN 2002029445
ISBN0791457001 (pbk.)
ISBN0791456994

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Joyner General Stacks BP253.Z8 N876 2003 ✔ Available Place Hold