A ground-breaking and comprehensive collection on various facets of Islamic spirituality throughout history and in the modern worldThe Wiley Blackwell Companion to Islamic Spirituality is an authoritative reference work comprising twenty-eight scholarly essays that explore the expressive and performative dimensions of Islamic spirituality. Edited by two of its most prominent scholars, and bringing together a stellar cast of contributors, this wide-ranging volume covers religious practices, sacred texts, history and places, gender, music, poetry, the visual arts, and politics.Spirituality has had a long and important history in Islam, where a focus on spirituality is required of every believer. Each Muslim is asked to achieve a state of devotion through prayer, fasting, supplications, recitations, pilgrimage, and ascetic practices. The essays in this volume explain the role of spirituality in Islam--from its beginnings, through the development of its institutions, and into the present day. They also reflect important new research, and discuss contemporary debates and issues affecting Islamic spirituality such as the Internet, social justice, the role of women, ethics, and religious fundamentalism.Offering readers a thought-provoking way to engage with the topic, this comprehensive work includes:* The spirituality of words and letters, including the Qur'an, prophetic traditions in Islam, and litanies, invocations, and devotional texts* Devotional practices in Islam, including the spirituality of prayer, ascetic spirituality, Qur'an recitation, and spirituality of the Sufi path* Spirituality in literature, including Arabic and Persian poetry, spirituality in the modern novel, and the art of translation* Spirituality in the arts, including the visual arts, music, song, and film* Islamic spirituality and post-modern practices, including the Internet, Islamic hip-hop, and SalafismFrom the personal to the political, The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Islamic Spirituality offers a fresh and revitalized view of all aspects of spirituality in Islam. It is a must-have scholarly resource for advanced undergraduates, graduate students, instructors and scholars studying Islam, spirituality, and Asian and Middle Eastern history as well as general readers with an interest in the subject.

ContentsList of Contributors ixGeneral Introduction xiVincent J. Cornell and Bruce B. LawrencePart I Expressive Dimensions of Islamic SpiritualityIntroduction to Part IVincent J. CornellIA The Spirituality of Words and Letters1 The Spirituality of the Qur3/4n 23Bruce B. Lawrence2 The Spirituality of Hadith 44Abbas Barzegar3 The Spirituality of Invocations and Litanies in Islam 61Kenneth Lee Honerkamp4 The Many Spirits of the Islamic Past 74Shahzad Bashir5 Translating Sainthood in Islamic Hagiography 91Vincent J. CornellIB The Spirituality of Places and Spaces6 The Spiritual Meaning of Mecca, the Ka'ba, and the Hajj 113Gordon D. Newby7 The Spiritual Meaning of Medina 130Daoud Stephen Casewit8 Jerusalem in Islamic Spirituality 147Brannon Wheeler9 The Spirituality of the Sufi Shrine 165Carl W. ErnstIC The Spirituality of People and Human Relations10 The Spiritual Meaning of Muhammad and the Prophets of Islam 183Ali A. Allawi11 The Spiritual Meaning of Devotion to the Sh+'+ Imams 202Abdulaziz Sachedina12 Spirituality and Gender in Islam 217Sa'diyya Shaikh13 Spirituality and Social Justice in Islam 234Mustafa Gokhan SahinPart II Performative Dimensions of Islamic SpiritualityIntroduction to Part IIBruce B. LawrenceIIA Devotional Practices in Islam14 The Spirituality of Prayer in Islam 263Hugh Talat Halman15 The Spirituality of Qur3/4n Recitation 277Pieternella van Doorn-Harder16 Ascetic Spirituality in Islam 297Rkia Elaroui Cornell17 The Spirituality of the Sufi Path 316William C. ChittickIIB Spirituality in Literature, Poetry, and the Visual Arts18 Narrating Transcendence in the Modern Novel 333miriam cooke19 The Spirituality of Arab Islamic Poetry 352Muhsin al-Musawi20 The Spirituality of Persian Islamic Poetry 372Franklin D. Lewis21 Islamic Spirituality in English Translation 395Michael Beard22 Islamic Spirituality and the Visual Arts 412Stefan SperlIIC Spirituality in Music, Song, and Cinema23 Spirituality in Art Musics of the Islamic World 435Ali Jihad Racy24 The Spirituality of Qawwali: Lyrics and Ritual in the Sufi Music of South Asia 454Scott Kugle25 One Light: Cinema and Islamic Spirituality 476Negar MottahedehIID Islamic Spirituality in the Anthropocene Age26 Islamic Spirituality and the Internet 497Gary R. Bunt27 The Islamic Spirituality of HipHop 515Michael Muhammad Knight28 Ibn Taymiyya and the Case for a Salafism of Mercy 531Yahya M. MichotIndex 545