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" Bawa Muhaiyaddeen: A Study of Mystical Interreligiosity "
Saiyida Zakiya Hasna Islam
Blankinship, Khalid Y.
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Latin Dissertation
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English
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804725
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TL49560
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1950525102; 10287100
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Sonbuol, Leena Yahya
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Bawa Muhaiyaddeen: A Study of Mystical Interreligiosity\ Saiyida Zakiya Hasna IslamBlankinship, Khalid Y.
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Temple University
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2017
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Ph.D.
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Religion
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2017
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222
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Committee members: Jhala, Jayasinhji; Rey, Terry; White, Sydney D.
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Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-0-355-17147-1
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The focus of the study is on the teachings of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen, the mystic saint whose tomb is in Coatesville, PA, which is the only Sufi shrine in North America. Much has been written on the community of Bawa’s followers whose main office is in the Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship in Philadelphia, PA, USA. However, as far as my research revealed, as to this date, no study has focused particularly on his teachings. The objective of this study is to initiate that. This study spotlighted on how this Sufi saint integrated the various religions in his teachings. His teachings are evidently premised on the Islamic concept of <i>Tawhid</i>. This aligns with the mystic perspective and thus is this study premised. Bawa’s vision is of a single truth emanating throughout creation through all space and time. This is a characteristic that mystics of all traditions appear to share. What makes Bawa unique among the known mystics is how he weaves in the various religions to convey his teachings. Thus, his teachings are a veritable pot pourri of ancient wisdom flowing from the Hindu <i>Puranas</i> to the Sufi teachings in Islam. In one way it can be viewed as a one-man inter-religious monologue. It is not so much the perennial message as looking at each tradition in a way that had eluded the believer before. Sufis of yore are known to use this method, but had remained within their own traditions. Bawa’s teachings are significant in his being a figure that is metaphorically described in a title of a Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship publication as the “Tree That Fell to the West”. Thus, spanning both the East and the West, his teachings became global in its reach and appears to be more relevant and accessible due to the nature of contemporary progression of our psyche.
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Religion
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Philosophy, religion and theology;Folk mysticism;Interreligiosity;Islam;Muhaiyaddeen, Bawa;Mysticism;Tawhid
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Blankinship, Khalid Y.
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ReligionTemple University
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