A religiological analysis of Nursi's view of Sufism expressed in the "Nine Allusions" ("Telvihât-i Tis'a") of the "Risale-i Nur"
While Nursi stated explicitly that he was not a Sufi, he nevertheless expressed many Sufi perspectives in his work. In particular, his focus in the section of the Risale-i Nur called ‘Nine Allusions’ (Telvihât-ı Tis'a) was Sufism. This article uses a method of analysing religious perspectives c...
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Format: | Electronic/Print Article |
Language: | English |
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Routledge
2008
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Islam and Christian-Muslim relations
Year: 2008, Volume: 19, Issue: 1, Pages: 39-52 |
Further subjects: | B
Mysticism
B Islam |
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Summary: | While Nursi stated explicitly that he was not a Sufi, he nevertheless expressed many Sufi perspectives in his work. In particular, his focus in the section of the Risale-i Nur called ‘Nine Allusions’ (Telvihât-ı Tis'a) was Sufism. This article uses a method of analysing religious perspectives called ‘religiology’, in order to coherently and systematically unpack Nursi's attitudes to Sufism. Organizing his Sufi perspectives in the categories of epistemology, ontology (including theology, cosmology, and eschatology), anthropology, psychology, teleology, and methodology, the article demonstrates that he agrees with certain aspects of Sufism and disagrees with others. |
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ISSN: | 0959-6410 |
Contains: | In: Islam and Christian-Muslim relations
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/13510340701770279 |