Bawa Muhaiyaddeen: A Study of Mystical Interreligiosity
نام عام مواد
[Thesis]
نام نخستين پديدآور
Saiyida Zakiya Hasna Islam
نام ساير پديدآوران
Blankinship, Khalid Y.
وضعیت نشر و پخش و غیره
نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره
Temple University
تاریخ نشرو بخش و غیره
2017
مشخصات ظاهری
نام خاص و کميت اثر
222
يادداشت کلی
متن يادداشت
Committee members: Jhala, Jayasinhji; Rey, Terry; White, Sydney D.
یادداشتهای مربوط به نشر، بخش و غیره
متن يادداشت
Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-0-355-17147-1
یادداشتهای مربوط به پایان نامه ها
جزئيات پايان نامه و نوع درجه آن
Ph.D.
نظم درجات
Religion
کسي که مدرک را اعطا کرده
Temple University
امتياز متن
2017
یادداشتهای مربوط به خلاصه یا چکیده
متن يادداشت
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.
موضوع (اسم عام یاعبارت اسمی عام)
موضوع مستند نشده
Religion
اصطلاحهای موضوعی کنترل نشده
اصطلاح موضوعی
Philosophy, religion and theology;Folk mysticism;Interreligiosity;Islam;Muhaiyaddeen, Bawa;Mysticism;Tawhid
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