Carl W. Ernst
Auteur de The Shambhala Guide to Sufism
A propos de l'auteur
Carl W. Ernst, PhD, is a specialist in Islamic studies who is William R. Kenan, Jr., Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is the author of numerous books, including Following Muhammad: Rethinking Islam in the Contemporary World. For afficher plus more information visit www.unc.edu/ afficher moins
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Œuvres de Carl W. Ernst
Ruzbihan Baqli: Mysticism and the Rhetoric of Sainthood in Persian Sufism (Routledge Sufi Series) (1996) 10 exemplaires
Rethinking Islamic Studies: From Orientalism to Cosmopolitanism (Studies in Comparative Religion) (2010) 10 exemplaires
Oeuvres associées
The Unveiling of Secrets: Diary of a Sufi Master (1997) — Traducteur, quelques éditions — 31 exemplaires
Sufi Meditation and Contemplation: Timeless Wisdom from Mughal India (2012) — Traducteur — 7 exemplaires
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Partage des connaissances
- Nom canonique
- Ernst, Carl W.
- Date de naissance
- 1950-09-08
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- USA
- Lieu de naissance
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Lieux de résidence
- Los Angeles, California, USA
Palo Alto, California, USA
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA - Études
- Stanford University (AB|comparative religion)
Harvard University (PhD) - Professions
- university professor
scholar of Islamic studies - Organisations
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Carolina Center for the Study of the Middle East and Muslim Civilizations - Prix et distinctions
- Bashrahil Prizefor Outstanding Cultural Achievement (2004)
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Critiques
I was grateful to have read the Introduction and Chapter One at the beginning of the Qur'an class that I took, but the later chapters ended up kind of over my head. A greater familiarity with the structure of the Qur'an and with the surahs within Ernst's subcategories would have helped. I think I would have gotten more out of these later sections if I'd read them after doing more work reading the Qur'an and other thematic interpretations/exegesis.
This book can also be called Sufism 101. A very good introduction to this branch of Islam that is basically associated with Shia'ism since it's adherents follow the tenets of Ali and the Imams. Sufism is probably the only moderating factor in this otherwise widely misunderstood religion and may be the answer to solving it's centuries long confrontations with other faiths.
This book can also be called Sufism 101. A very good introduction to this branch of Islam that is basically associated with Shia'ism since it's adherents follow the tenets of Ali and the Imams. Sufism is probably the only moderating factor in this otherwise widely misunderstood religion and may be the answer to solving it's centuries long confrontations with other faiths.
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 15
- Aussi par
- 4
- Membres
- 509
- Popularité
- #48,721
- Évaluation
- 3.9
- Critiques
- 8
- ISBN
- 42
- Langues
- 2
My only criticism is the structure felt a little sloppy at times, like his train of thought was frequently off the tracks. As readers we've been conditioned to expect (with good reason!) that ideas within a paragraph, for example, will be closely related to each other, and as the author moves from sentence to sentence to develop these ideas, they will flow from one into the other in a logical manner. I frequently found myself re-reading sections of this book because I felt Ernst was just going from one idea to the next – within a paragraph – with very little, if anything, threading them together.
All in all a good book, though, and I'd recommend it to someone interested in a serious but not stilted introduction to Sufism.… (plus d'informations)