عنوان

Bawa Muhaiyaddeen: A Study of Mystical Interreligiosity

Number

TL49560

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انگلیسی

Title Proper

Bawa Muhaiyaddeen: A Study of Mystical Interreligiosity

General Material Designation

[Thesis]

First Statement of Responsibility

Saiyida Zakiya Hasna Islam

Subsequent Statement of Responsibility

Blankinship, Khalid Y.

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Temple University

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2017

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

222

Text of Note

Committee members: Jhala, Jayasinhji; Rey, Terry; White, Sydney D.

Text of Note

Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-0-355-17147-1

Dissertation or thesis details and type of degree

Ph.D.

Discipline of degree

Religion

Body granting the degree

Temple University

Text preceding or following the note

2017

Text of Note

The focus of the study is on the teachings of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen, the mystic saint whose tomb is in Coatesville, PA, which is the only Sufi shrine in North America. Much has been written on the community of Bawa's followers whose main office is in the Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship in Philadelphia, PA, USA. However, as far as my research revealed, as to this date, no study has focused particularly on his teachings. The objective of this study is to initiate that. This study spotlighted on how this Sufi saint integrated the various religions in his teachings. His teachings are evidently premised on the Islamic concept of Tawhid. This aligns with the mystic perspective and thus is this study premised. Bawa's vision is of a single truth emanating throughout creation through all space and time. This is a characteristic that mystics of all traditions appear to share. What makes Bawa unique among the known mystics is how he weaves in the various religions to convey his teachings. Thus, his teachings are a veritable pot pourri of ancient wisdom flowing from the Hindu Puranas to the Sufi teachings in Islam. In one way it can be viewed as a one-man inter-religious monologue. It is not so much the perennial message as looking at each tradition in a way that had eluded the believer before. Sufis of yore are known to use this method, but had remained within their own traditions. Bawa's teachings are significant in his being a figure that is metaphorically described in a title of a Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship publication as the "Tree That Fell to the West". Thus, spanning both the East and the West, his teachings became global in its reach and appears to be more relevant and accessible due to the nature of contemporary progression of our psyche.

Religion

Subject Term

Philosophy, religion and theology;Folk mysticism;Interreligiosity;Islam;Muhaiyaddeen, Bawa;Mysticism;Tawhid

Sonbuol, Leena Yahya

Blankinship, Khalid Y.

Subdivision

Religion

Temple University

Call Number

1950525102; 10287100

Electronic name

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[Thesis]

276903

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