Religious Experience in Traditional Islam

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6 - Religious Experience in Traditional Islam

from Part II - Religious Experience in Traditional Monotheism

Published online by Cambridge University Press: 20 June 2020

William C. Chittick

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Paul K. Moser and

Chad Meister

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Paul K. Moser: Affiliation:
Loyola University, Chicago
Chad Meister: Affiliation:
Bethel University, Indiana

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Chittick focuses on Sufism or “Islamic mysticism” as a prominent influence in Islamic history regarding religious experience, noting that its mystical emphasis among Muslims traces back to Mohammad and the Qur’an.He finds that according to the Sufi literature of Ibn Arabi, a soul must be prepared for mystical experience to reap its benefits and to avoid the mistaken assumption that it removes one from the obligation to follow the teachings of the Qur’an.

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Religious experience Islam Sufism Mysticism Mohammad Qur'an Hadith Arabi Imagination

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Information: The Cambridge Companion to Religious Experience , pp. 134 - 156

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108575119.010 [Opens in a new window]

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Print publication year: 2020

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