ARAB 6520 - Islamic Mysticism

Meets with ARAB 4520 and MID E 4152. Additional work required of graduate students. 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.