ABSTRACT: I understand Sufism as a dimension of the Islamic tradition that stresses the need to undergo spiritual transformation. Those who wanted to achieve transformation typically undertook specific practices and disciplines known as the Ṭarīqa (al-ṭarīqa), “the Path,” one of the words by which Sufism was commonly designated. Many guides on the Ṭarīqa never put […]
ABSTRACT: This article recounts one contemporary Muslim philosopher’s journey into the discipline of philosophy, detailingthe importance of diversifying the study of philosophy to take it beyond its Anglo-American and Eurocentric boarders along the way.
Project Noon represents an interfaith quest for meaning in the modern world. Engaging leading scholars and academics on Indic – Hindu, and Muslim – traditions through extended podcasts, in-depth essays, and book and film reviews.
Abstract “Contemporary poet and scholar Joshua Bennett recently wrote, “If black studies is indeed the rewriting of knowledge itself, an ongoing critique of so-called Western civilization—as Wynter and Robinson and others remind us—then poetry will be absolutely essential. Like the field of black studies more broadly, the teaching of black poetry is not simply additive […]
Dr. C. Mohammed RustomProfesor de Pensamiento Islámico enla Universidad de Carleton, Canadá Traducción Karen Martnez García