James Morris (theologian)

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James W. Morris

James Winston Morris (born 1949 ) is an Islamic theologian and a personality of Islam in the United States . He is considered one of the leading American authorities on Islamic philosophy and Sufism . He is currently a professor at the Theological Faculty of Morrissey College at Boston College , a Jesuit high school in the United States. Before teaching at Boston College, he held the Sharjah Chair of Islamic Studies in the Department of Arabic and Middle East Studies at the University of Exeter from 1999 to 2006 .

James W. Morris earned a BA in Civilizational Studies from the University of Chicago in 1971 and a Ph.D. in Middle Eastern Languages ​​and Cultures from Harvard University in 1980 for his dissertation " Ibn Masarra : A Reconsideration of the Primary Sources". He also studied at the University of Strasbourg , the American University of Cairo , the Iranian Academy of Philosophy and the Center for the Study of Civilizations at the University of Tehran . He has taught at Princeton University , Oberlin College , Temple University and the Institute of Ismaili Studies in Paris and London. He was visiting professor at the École pratique des hautes études (Paris), the University of Malaya and the University of Sarajevo . His specialty is medieval Islamic philosophy, especially the philosophy of Ibn Arabi . His translation of the work al-Ḥikmat al-ʿAršīyya ( The Wisdom of the Throne ) by Mulla Sadra was included in the UNESCO collection of representative works .

He was one of the US signatory to the Amman Message ( Amman Message ).

Publications

Books

  • Ostad Elahi on Spirituality in Everyday Life. Kuala Lumpur: Center for Civilisational Dialogue, University of Malaya, 2009.
  • From Ethics and Devotion to Spiritual Realization: Ibn 'Arabī on' What Is Indispensable For the Spiritual Seeker ' , Monograph, pp. viii + 37. Kuala Lumpur: University of Malaya, Center for Civilisational Dialogue, 2007.
  • Knowing the Spirit , by Nûr Alî-Shâh Elâhi , translated by James Morris [Sl]: State University of New York Press, 2007.
  • The Reflective Heart: Discovering Spiritual Intelligence in Ibn Arabi's 'Meccan Illuminations'. Louisville, KY: Fons Vitae of Kentucky, Inc, 2005. OCLC 535507748
  • Orientations: Islamic Thought in a World Civilization. Sarajevo: El-Kalem, 2001 and Cambridge: Archetype, 2004.
  • The Wisdom of the Throne: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Mulla Sadra . Princeton, Princeton University Press, 1981.
    • Review, Journal of the American Oriental Society Oct-Dec, 1983, vol. 103, no. 4, p. 767-768
    • Review, Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies , University of London, 1983, vol. 46, no. 1, p. 149

items

  • "The Spiritual Ascension: Ibn ʿArabī and the Miʿrāj Part I" Journal of the American Oriental Society, Oct. – Dec., 1987, vol. 107, no. 4, p. 629-652
  • "The Spiritual Ascension: Ibn ʿArabī and the Miʿrāj Part II," Journal of the American Oriental Society, Jan.-Mar., 1988, vol. 108, no. 1, p. 63-77
  • "Ibn ʿArabi and His Interpreters Part II: Influences and Interpretations" Journal of the American Oriental Society, Oct. – Dec., 1986, vol. 106, no. 4, p. 733-756
  • Mulla Sadrā's Conception of the Barzakh and the Emerging Science of Spirituality: The Process of Realization (tahqīq). In Islam-West Philosophical Dialogue (Papers Presented at the First World Congress on Mulla Sadra), Tehran, SIPRI Institute, 2005, vol. X, pp. 93-103.

References and footnotes

  1. ↑ cf. Seyyed Hossein Nasr , Ramin Jahanbegloo : In Search of the Sacred: A Conversation with Seyyed Hossein Nasr on His Life and Thought. ABC-CLIO, 2010, p. 339, note 119 ( online )
  2. ^ Leonard Lewisohn: Hafiz and the Religion of Love in Classical Persian Poetry. (International Library of Iranian Studies) 2015, X ( partial online view )

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personal data
SURNAME Morris, James
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Morris, James Winston (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Islamic theologian; University professor
DATE OF BIRTH 1949