2011 Reza Shah-Kazemi The Spirit of Tolerance in Islam Occasional Papers In 1932, the eminent British scholar of Islam, Sir Hamilton Gibb, wrote: ‘The nobility and broad tolerance of this religion…
2010 Reza Shah-Kazemi Spiritual Quest Occasional Papers The Qurʾān is the sacramental foundation of prayer in Islam. Its inspirational power is perpetually renewed through being recited and…
1998 Rafique H. Keshavjee Mysticism and the Plurality of Meaning Occasional Papers To what extent does the mystical path necessitate a withdrawal from the world' Is there a contradiction between the demands…
1998 Aziz Esmail The Poetics of Religious Experience Occasional Papers The poetics of religious experience investigates creativity of a particular kind, namely explorations in the language of symbols and metaphors,…