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Shi'i Spirituality for the Twenty-First Century
Twenty lectures and two articles reflecting upon definitions of truth and existence in light of the Shi'i tradition, and critiquing some accepted 'norms' of the world in which we live today. 1. Transforming our Way of Being 2. Entering the Prophetic Path 3. The Return to Our Primordial Nature 4. The Ethics of Brotherhood in Islam according to ‘Ali ibn Abi Talib 5. The Place for Islam in the Modern World 6. Being Muslim in a Secular Environment 7. Divine Justice 8. Celebrating the Birth of Prophet Muhammad 9. Ghadī Fulfilling the Sunna of Allah 10. The Heart of Walaya 11. Imamate as the Protecting Vessel of the Heart 12. The Ontological Imam 13. Zuhd in the Life of Imam ‘Ali 14. Humanity in Nahj al-Balagha 15. The Esoteric and Symbolic Significance of Fatima 16. Imam al-Husayn’s Stand against Materialism 17. Sayyeda Preserving a Gift of the Ahl Seeing the Inward Reality of Things 18. Conversations with Imam Ja‘far al-Sadiq 19. Initiation and the Qualities of the Shi‘a 20. Following the Scholars in the Time of Occultation Articles 1. A Comparative Exploration of the Spiritual Authority of the Awliyā’ in the Shī‘ī and Sūfī traditions. 2. Walāya as a Response to the Self-Other Dichotomy in European Philosophy If you have any problems receiving your book please find me online and contact me directly.
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Published November 8, 2020
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Rebecca Masterton
3 books3 followersDr. Rebecca Masterton is an academic and a lecturer in Islamic Studies and culture, with a BA in Japanese language and culture; a Masters in East Asian and African Literature; and a PhD in Islamic literature of West Africa from the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London.
She has taught short courses at Birkbeck College, University of London; BA and MA programmes at the Islamic College in London, both in-house and on-line; and on-line classes for the Islamic Institute for Postgraduate Studies (Damascus and Birmingham).
Masterton converted to Islam in the year 1999. She lectures on a wide range of social and spiritual subjects, and has produced and presented documentaries and over a thousand television programmes.
She has taught short courses at Birkbeck College, University of London; BA and MA programmes at the Islamic College in London, both in-house and on-line; and on-line classes for the Islamic Institute for Postgraduate Studies (Damascus and Birmingham).
Masterton converted to Islam in the year 1999. She lectures on a wide range of social and spiritual subjects, and has produced and presented documentaries and over a thousand television programmes.
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October 24, 2023
"According to the Qur'an, there is one reality that encompasses existence. Existence is not divided up into separate parts. The cosmos is an expanding landscape of which the human being is a part, and in which everything participates. Whatever is in existence is connected to everything else in existence by the fact and phenomenon of existence. The one reality that transcends all levels of existence has been 'described' succinctly by 'Ali ibn Abi Talib:
'He is a Being but not through the phenomenon of coming into being. He exists, but not from non-existence. He is with everything, but not in physical nearness. He is different from everything, but not in physical separation. He acts, but without connotation of movements and instruments. He sees even when there is none to be looked at from among His creation. He is Only One such that there is none with whom He may keep company or whom He may miss in his absence.' "
This book is a compilation of some of Dr Rebecca Masterson's speeches and articles through which our internal compasses, our hearts, are strengthened in the fragile atmosphere of toxic modernity. We undergo thorough analysis of an esoteric Islam, one which we rarely witness.
Truly a masterpiece.
'He is a Being but not through the phenomenon of coming into being. He exists, but not from non-existence. He is with everything, but not in physical nearness. He is different from everything, but not in physical separation. He acts, but without connotation of movements and instruments. He sees even when there is none to be looked at from among His creation. He is Only One such that there is none with whom He may keep company or whom He may miss in his absence.' "
This book is a compilation of some of Dr Rebecca Masterson's speeches and articles through which our internal compasses, our hearts, are strengthened in the fragile atmosphere of toxic modernity. We undergo thorough analysis of an esoteric Islam, one which we rarely witness.
Truly a masterpiece.
Displaying 1 of 1 review