Taji-Farouki, S: Beshara & Ibn 'Arabi

Investigating Sufi-inspired spirituality in the modern world, this interdisciplinary text combines cultural study with solid data to provide a comprehensive look at how the teachings of Ibn Arabi have been adopted and adapted by Muslims and non-Muslims. At the heart of this movementis the Beshara School in Scotland, founded in the 1960s, and now a center of international scholarship.Using the school as a case study, the discussiondescribes itsemergence and evolution, its approach to spiritual education, the origins of its spiritual teacher, its major teachings and practices, and its projection of Ibn Arabi. Both rigorous and very timely, thiseffort points toareas of cultural exchange between East and West and highlights commonalities in the various historical changes both societies have undergone."