Songs of love and devotion / translated and introduced by Lourdes María Alvarez ; foreword by Michael A. Sells.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: Arabic Series: Classics of Western spiritualityPublication details: New York : Paulist Press, c2009.Description: xix, 220 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780809145942 (alk. paper)
  • 0809145944 (alk. paper)
  • 9780809105823 (alk. paper)
  • 0809105829 (alk. paper)
Other title:
  • Abu al-Ḥasan al-Shushtarī : Songs of love and devotion
Uniform titles:
  • Selections. English 2009
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 892.7 Sh93a
LOC classification:
  • PJ 7755 .S45 A2 2009
Contents:
Foreword / by Michael A. Sells -- Praising God in the language of everyday life -- Poems and songs -- Intoxicated by the Divine -- Love-crazed -- Denudatio/stripping bare -- Among the Sufis -- Deciphering the signs of God -- Desert wanderings -- At the monastery -- Ode rhyming in Nūn -- Prose -- Commentary on poems and songs -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Books Books Tantur Ecumenical Institute Library Main Collection (Lower Floor) 892.7 Sh93a (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available

Includes bibliographical references (p.199-212) and index.

Foreword / by Michael A. Sells -- Praising God in the language of everyday life -- Poems and songs -- Intoxicated by the Divine -- Love-crazed -- Denudatio/stripping bare -- Among the Sufis -- Deciphering the signs of God -- Desert wanderings -- At the monastery -- Ode rhyming in Nūn -- Prose -- Commentary on poems and songs -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

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