Description: Editor's Introduction Ibrahim M. Abu-Rabi 1. A Survey of the Main Spiritual Themes of the Risale-i Nur ?kran Vahide 2. The Six-Sided Vision of Said Nursi: Toward a Spiritual Architecture of the Risale-i Nur Colin Turner 3. Grounded Spirituality: The Challenge of Bediuzzaman Said Nursi Ian Markham 4. At the Heart of the Matter: Faith and Belief in the Poetic Imagery of Bediuzzaman Said Nursi Jane I. Smith 5. Faith Development and Spiritual Maturation in the Works of Said Nursi Marcia Hermansen 6. The Spirit of Worship and the Result of Sincere Belief: Nursi's Mathn?w? al-'Arab? al-N?r? as a Handbook for the Contemplative Life Lucinda Mosher 7. The Chief Characteristics of Spirituality in Said Nursi Religious Thought Bilal Ku?p?nar 8. Dreams and Dream Interpretation in Said Nursi's Risale-i Nur : Islamic, Judaic, and Universal Resonances Yehezkel Landau 9. "For you, illness is good health": Said Nursi's Spirituality in His Approach to Physical Illness Thomas Michel 10. Nursi on Hatred as the Root of Violence Mustafa Ulusoy 11. Taking Faith to Heart: Reconciliation and Peacebuilding in Islam Asma Afsaruddin 12. Said Nursi's Vision for a New Universal Culture of Dialogue Abdelaziz Berghout 13. The Threat to Spirituality Fred A. Reed 14. Shaykh Ahmad Sirhind? and Bedizzaman Nursi: Some Comparative Considerations Yohanan Friedmann 15. "Visions of Plurality in Unity": Said Nursi, Muhyiddin Ibn 'Arabi, and the Question of the Unity of Being Stephen Hirtenstein 16. Exploring the Spiritual Dimensions of Nature: Ahmed-i Jiziri and Said Nursi M. Sait zervarl? 17. Sincerity in the Thought of Muhammad Iqbal and Bediuzzman Said Nursi Ahmet Albayrak 18. Spirit and Spirituality: Linking the Lives of Two Twentieth-Century Pioneers Miriam Terese Winter 19. Selections from Nursi's Writings on Spirituality tr. ?kran Vahide Bibliography List of Contributors Index

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