A Religiological Analysis of Nursi's View of Sufism Expressed in the 'Nine Allusions' (Telvihât-ı Tis'a) of the Risale-i Nur
Author: Godlas, Alan
Source: Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations, Volume 19, Number 1, January 2008, pp. 39-52(14)
Publisher: Routledge, part of the Taylor & Francis Group
Abstract:
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.
Document Type: Research article
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13510340701770279
Affiliations:1: Department of Religion, University of Georgia, Athens, USA
Publication date: 2008-01-01
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