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" The secret of Islam : "
by Henry Bayman.
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BL
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1090565
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bc1010257
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English
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Bayman, Henry,1951-
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The secret of Islam : : love and law in the religion of ethics /\ by Henry Bayman.
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Berkeley, Calif. :: North Atlantic Books,, 2003.
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lxx, 360 pages ;; 23 cm
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1556434324
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: 9781556434327
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Preface : His line of descent ; The views of others ; The Master's teachings ; Methodology ; Formal organization ; Translation ; Why an anthology? ; The mother lode -- Foreword : Western science and spirituality -- Prologue: Rescuing Islam from the hijackers : Marxism and the "Islamic state": the omission of spirituality ; The saint and the terrorist ; Taliban, bin Laden, and the Wahhabis ; A hybrid ideology causing cultural schizophrenia ; Anti-culture, anti-civilization ; Interpreting the Koran: omission of the prophet's example ; The seeds of mistrust ; Fascism or democracy? ; The purpose of jihad ; The caliphate ; The place of religious law ; Misinterpreting the Koran ; Terrorism as nihilism ; The moral challenge for America -- Introduction : Islam as love ; A brief overview of Islam ; The Islamic legacy ; The Copernican revolution ; Recognition of Mohammed and Islam in the west.
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pt. I. The exoteric path: divine law. A faith for all seasons : Bearing witness ; A global faith with local applications ; A churchless faith ; A religion of hope ; A natural religion ; Reining in one's desires ; Synergy and society ; Ottoman ethics ; The alms-tax ; The day of the dictator -- What does "Islam" mean? -- Moses, Jesus and Mohammed : The prophets ; Moses ; Jesus ; The essence of Christianity ; A question ; Weakly-coupled religions ; Mohammed -- Divine law : Islamic epistemology and the foundations of Islamic law ; Exoteric practices: the five pillars of Islam ; The six pillars of faith or the Moslem's creed ; Grading of actions ; On destiny ; Prayer: the ascension for all -- The secret of love at the heart of Islam : The secret that is law ; The secret that is conscience ; The secret that is love ; Eight heavens, seven hells -- The music of the Koran : The fractured mirror ; Un-fracturing ; Unification ; The source of bliss ; Truth, beauty, goodness ; The music of the Koran ; The chapter of the opening -- Should there be a "reformation" in Islam? : The Koran ; The prophet of God ; Reason ; Knowledge and science ; Faith ; Ethics and morality -- Islam and democracy : Islam and theocracy council ; Holy law ; Islam and terrorism ; Islam and slavery ; Islam and racism ; Is Islam itself totalitarian? ; The views of a specialist ; Separation of powers ; Women's rights ; Religion: a necessity for democracy? ; Atheism means cruelty and tyranny ; The tyranny of the majority and human rights ; Organization of the Islamic community ; Why are human beings equal? ; Democracy in polytheistic societies ; Humans in the Bible ; Matter and spirit ; Humans in Islam ; The human being is holy in Islam ; Ethics and the Democratic personality -- Women in Islam : The prophet's example ; Common fallacies regarding the status of women ; Historical, social, and cultural influences on Islam ; Political factors ; Geographical factors ; About polygamy ; Views of western Orientalists ; Family life ; Love and the Sufis ; Contemporary societies.
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pt. II. The esoteric path: Sufism. Introduction to Sufism : The spiritual journey ; The goal: becoming a perfect human -- Sufism: the case of the cryptic wineglass : Aleph and the transfinite ; Human beings and God ; Courtesy, the golden thread between exoteric and esoteric ; "Contact" between human and divine ; Some contemporary western parallels ; Law, school, gnosis, reality ; Deconstructing the base self ; Sufism and Gurdjieff ; Paranormal powers and other distractions along the path ; Moderate intake of food ; Fusion: the unitive vision -- From Hermeticism to Sufism : The knowledge society, the contemporary west ; Islamic civilization, the other knowledge society ; Knowledge in Egyption civilization: Thoth, archetype of wisdom ; Hermes ; The Corpus Hermeticum ; Later developments of Hermeticism ; The final revelation ; Correspondences ; Assessment ; Hermetic initiation ; The initiation ceremonies of Hermeticism ; Trial by death ; Trials by fire and water ; Trial by passion ; Training ; The conquest, or opening ; Sufic interpretation ; On the trial by lust ; Graduation -- The spiritual journey of the Sufi : Exoteric/esoteric ; Spiritual schools ; The perfect master for the esoteric path ; The gifted disciple ; General rules ; The eleven principles ; Chart of the spiritual journey ; Worlds ; States ; Locations ; Supports ; Lights ; Names ; Perceptions -- The flowering of the perfect human : Preliminary notes on terminology ; Introduction ; 1. Self as tyrant: the base self (impelling self) ; 2. The critical self ; 3. The inspired self ; 4. The serene self ; 5. The pleased self ; 6. The pleasing self ; 7. The perfect, pure, or complete self ; Solving the riddle of the universe ; Spacewarps, timewarps ; Time travel ; The flowering of the perfect human -- Finding the heart of Islam -- Appendices : A. Ah, courtesy ; B. Our prayers ; C. Put your trust in God ; D. Universal law, human rights, and God's commandments ; E. Warning: a call to peace.
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Islam.
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Islamic law.
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Faith (Islam)
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Islam
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Islam.
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Droit islamique.
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Foi-- Islam.
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Islam.
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Faith (Islam)
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Islam.
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Islamic law.
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Droit islamique.
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Foi islamique.
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Islam.
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Soufisme.
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| Dewey Classification
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297.2
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BP50.B393 2003
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