MID E 4152 - Islamic Mysticism

Meets with ARAB 6520 and MID E 6152. From the isolated lover of God to loyalty to shaykhs and mystical orders. Historical developments in mystical teaching, devotion and practice; the role of Muslim Neo-Platonic philosophers and theosophists such as Ibn Sina (Avicenna), Ibn Rushd (Averroes), Ibn Arabi, and Suhrawardi; criticisms of these systems by orthodox Muslim thinkers.