Includes bibliographical references and index.

Mystical theology and the traditionalist hermeneutics of Maybudī's Kashf al-Asrār / Annabel Keeler -- The all-comprehensive circle (al-Iḥāṭa) : soul, intellect, and the oneness of existence in the doctrine of Ibn Sabʹīn / Vincent J. Cornell -- One aspect of the Akbarian turn in Shīʹī theology / Robert Wisnovsky -- Sufism and theology in the confessions of Ṣāʼin al-Dīn Turka Iṣfahānī (d. 830/ 1437) / Leonard Lewisohn -- A Sufi theology fit for a Shīʹī king : the Gawhar-i Murād of ʻAbd al-Razzāq Lāhījī (d. 1072/ 1661-2) / Sajjad Rizvi -- The mystic and the sceptic in Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī / Ayman Shihadeh -- Ibn Taymiyya's commentary on the Creed of al-Ḥallāj / Yahya Michot -- Ibn Kemāl (d. 940/ 1534) on Ibn ʻArabī's hagiology / Tim Winter -- Scriptural Sufism and scriptural anti-Sufism : theology and mysticism among the Shīʻʻī Akhbāriyya / Robert Gleave -- Reconciling Sufism with theology : Abū l-Wafā al-Taftāzānī and the construct of 'al-Taṣawwuf al-Islāmi' in modern Egypt / Andreas Christmann.

In English.

Sufism and Theology are two major currents in Islamic thought and religious culture, and over the centuries they have displayed immense diversity and intellectual richness. This book takes a flexible and inclusive approach to these trends, revealing both how Sufis approached theological traditions and themes and practised theology themselves, and how theologians approached different aspects of Sufism.Comprising chapters by leading specialists in the field, this volume is the first to explore the historically complex interface between these two major currents, highlighting key points of tension and interaction. Taking us through an array of subjects, including hermeneutics, psychology and metaphysics, light is shed on major intellectual trends and figures from the 12th century up to the modern period. These range from al-Hallaj, Ibn ́⁰₈Arabi and Ibn Sab́⁰₈in, to Fakhr al-Din al-Razi, Ibn Taymiyya, Haydar Amuli and Ibn Kemal Pasha, from the Ottoman context to the Safavid, and from Sunnism to Shí⁰₈ism.In sum, this book offers readers a balanced perspective of the overall history of the relationship between Sufism and Theology.