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Shiʿi Spirituality for the Twenty-First Century
When Islamic spirituality is mentioned, most people assume that it is represented by Sufism. Sufism, however, consists of a wide variety of philosophies and practices, many derived from the teachings of Prophet Muhammad though his progeny, the Twelve Imams. The Twelve Imams are followed by the majority of Shiʿi Muslims today, yet little is known about the spiritual dimensions of Shiʿi Islam outside of fairly closed circles.
The book comprises a collection of talks that reflect upon the teachings of Prophet Muhammad, his daughter Fatima, his granddaughter Zaynab, and the Twelve Imams, and it considers how our lives may be illuminated and our hearts strengthened in the fraught atmosphere of an often toxic modern age.
The book comprises a collection of talks that reflect upon the teachings of Prophet Muhammad, his daughter Fatima, his granddaughter Zaynab, and the Twelve Imams, and it considers how our lives may be illuminated and our hearts strengthened in the fraught atmosphere of an often toxic modern age.
240 pages, Paperback
Published October 15, 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.
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