I of the Heart - (Islamic History and Civilization) (Hardcover)

About the Book

This volume, consisting of forty essays by leading international scholars, honors one of the most widely respected and influential pioneers in the field of Islamic Studies, Seyyed Hossein Nasr.

Book Synopsis

I of the Heart is a tribute to one of the most widely respected and influential pioneers in the field of Islamic Studies, Seyyed Hossein Nasr. For seven decades, and in over 90 books and 600 articles, Professor Nasr has drawn significant attention to the riches of the Islamic intellectual heritage, from Sufism and philosophy on the one hand, to science and art on the other. He has also been at the fore-front of discussions on several major contemporary issues, such as the environmental crisis. The forty essays in this volume, by some of the leading schol-ars in Islamic Studies today, are divided into six sections in accordance with Professor Nasr's wide range of interests and expertise: Sufi Theory; Sufi Praxis; Philosophy, Mathematics, Science; Law, Theology, Exegesis; Art, Education, Ethics; Poetry, Science, Economics.

About the Author

Muhammad U. Faruque, Ph.D. (2018), University of California, Berkeley, is Inayat Malik Associate Professor of Islamic and Cross-Cultural Philosophy at the University of Cincinnati and Director of Academic Affairs at the Tokat Institute for Advanced Islamic Studies.

Atif Khalil, Ph.D. (2008), University of Toronto, is Associate Professor of History and Religion and Director of the Catherine and Mushtaq Khan Endowment for the Study of Islam at the University of Lethbridge.

Mohammed Rustom, Ph.D. (2009), University of Toronto, is Professor of Islamic Thought and Global Philosophy at Carleton University and Executive Director of the Tokat Institute for Advanced Islamic Studies.

Contributors: Muhammad U. Faruque, Cyrus Ali Zargar, Gholamreza Aavani, Dunja Rasic, William C. Chittick, Sachiko Murata, Shankar Nair, Joseph E.B. Lumbard, Atif Khalil, Mohammed Mehdi Ali, Gregory Vandamme, Denis Gril, James Morris, Munjed M. Murad, Leili Anvar, Syed A.H. Zaidi, Kevin Corrigan, Vinay Khetia, Shafique N. Virani, Justin Cancelliere, Mohammed Rustom, John Walbridge, Muhammad Fariduddin Attar, Hasan Umut, Maria Massi Dakake, Davlat Dadikhuda, Asma Afsaruddin, Johnathan A.C. Brown, Martin Nguyen, Sherman A. Jackson, Liyakat Takim, Khalil Andani, Murad Khan Mumtaz, Rana Shieh, Mukhtar H. Ali, Anand Vivek Taneja, Oludamini Ogunnaike, Ankur Barua, Karim H. Karim, and Waleed El-Ansary.