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Roads to Paradise: Eschatology and Concepts of the Hereafter in Islam
Volume 1: Foundations and Formation of a Tradition. Reflections on the Hereafter in the Quran and Islamic Religious Thought
Series: - Islamic History and Civilization, Volume: 136/1
Roads to Paradise: Eschatology and Concepts of the Hereafter in Islam offers a multi-disciplinary study of Muslim thinking about paradise, death, apocalypse, and the hereafter. It focuses on eschatological concepts in the Quran and its exegesis, Sunni and Shiâi traditions, Islamic theology, philosophy, mysticism, and other scholarly disciplines reflecting Islamicate pluralism and cosmopolitanism. Gathering material from all parts of the Muslim world, ranging from Islamic Spain to Indonesia, and the entirety of Islamic history, this publication in two volumes also integrates research from comparative religion, art history, sociology, anthropology and literary studies. Unparalleled and unprecedented in its scope and comprehensiveness, Roads to Paradise promises to become the definitive reference work on Islamic eschatology for the years to come.
Available as:
⢠Hardback (ISBN 978-90-04-33313-0, 2 volumes)
⢠E-Book (ISBN 978-90-04-33315-4)
⢠Paperback (ISBN 978-90-04-72491-4, 2 volumes)
Paperback volumes are also available separately:
⢠Paperback, Volume 1 (ISBN 978-90-04-71180-8)
⢠Paperback, Volume 2 (ISBN 978-90-04-71249-2)
Available as:
⢠Hardback (ISBN 978-90-04-33313-0, 2 volumes)
⢠E-Book (ISBN 978-90-04-33315-4)
⢠Paperback (ISBN 978-90-04-72491-4, 2 volumes)
Paperback volumes are also available separately:
⢠Paperback, Volume 1 (ISBN 978-90-04-71180-8)
⢠Paperback, Volume 2 (ISBN 978-90-04-71249-2)
Sebastian Günther, Ph.D. (1989), is Professor and Chair of Arabic and Islamic Studies at the University of Göttingen. Germany. He has published extensively on the intellectual history of Islam, including Islamic Ethics as Educational Discourse: Thought and Impact of the Classical Muslim Thinker Miskawayh (d. 1030) (co-ed., Tübingen 2021) and Knowledge and Education in Classical Islam (2 vols., ed., Leiden 2020).
Todd Lawson, Ph.D. (1989), is Professor Emeritus of Islamic Thought at the University of Toronto. He has published widely on Quranic exegesis, mysticism, Shiâism, and Quranic literary problems. Recent publications include articles such as Friendship, Illumination and the Water of Life (2016), Joycean Modernism in a 19th century Qurâan commentary (2015), The Qurâan and Epic (2014) and the monograph Gnostic Apocalypse in Islam (London 2012).
Christian Mauder is Professor of Islamic Studies at the Freie Universität Berlin, Department of History and Cultural Studies. He has published several studies on the intellectual, cultural and religious history of Mamluk and Ottoman Egypt, including the monograph Gelehrte Krieger: Die Mamluken als Träger arabischsprachiger Bildung (Hildesheim 2012). His second monograph In the Sultanâs Salon: Learning, Religion and Rulership at the Mamluk Court of QÄniá¹£awh al-GhawrÄ« (r. 1501â1516) (Brill 2021) constitutes the first in-depth analysis of an Egyptian court as a transregional center of Islamic intellectual, religious, and political culture at the turn from the late middle to the early modern period.
Todd Lawson, Ph.D. (1989), is Professor Emeritus of Islamic Thought at the University of Toronto. He has published widely on Quranic exegesis, mysticism, Shiâism, and Quranic literary problems. Recent publications include articles such as Friendship, Illumination and the Water of Life (2016), Joycean Modernism in a 19th century Qurâan commentary (2015), The Qurâan and Epic (2014) and the monograph Gnostic Apocalypse in Islam (London 2012).
Christian Mauder is Professor of Islamic Studies at the Freie Universität Berlin, Department of History and Cultural Studies. He has published several studies on the intellectual, cultural and religious history of Mamluk and Ottoman Egypt, including the monograph Gelehrte Krieger: Die Mamluken als Träger arabischsprachiger Bildung (Hildesheim 2012). His second monograph In the Sultanâs Salon: Learning, Religion and Rulership at the Mamluk Court of QÄniá¹£awh al-GhawrÄ« (r. 1501â1516) (Brill 2021) constitutes the first in-depth analysis of an Egyptian court as a transregional center of Islamic intellectual, religious, and political culture at the turn from the late middle to the early modern period.
"In view of the high scholarly quality, it is safe to say that the essential background of death and the afterlife in the Islamic point-of-view is promptly understood and the authors support their arguments convincingly and authoritatively. After a comprehensive introduction by the editors (Vol. I, pp. 1-28) the reader comes in contact with useful information that helps him to form and define Islamic ontological and eschatological ideas. The editors also claim that although the present book is based in scholarly work, it is nevertheless oriented towards a wider readership where academic expertise can contribute a great deal toward a more comprehendsive understanding of current political and religious developments in both the Muslim world and West. Each article contains informative references and detailed bibliography, cited at the end of every chapter. The bibliographical appendix at the end of Volume Two (pp. 1323-1391) facilitate future research on eschatology and concepts of the hereafter of Islam, while a comprehensive index of proper names as well detailed indices of geographical names and toponymes, book titles, scriptural references, topics and keywords provide access to the contents. On the whole, scholars and students will find this two volume work quite valuable. More than a mere work, this book inspires for further research and discussion on eschatology and concepts of the hereafter in Islam." - Angeliki Georgiou Kompocholi, in: Journal of Oriental and African Studies 27 (2018)
"...a massive new contribution to the field." - John Hoover, in: Bulletin of the School of African and Oriental Studies, 8 November 2017
"Ein umfangreicher bibliographischer Appendix zu Paradies und Hölle im Islam und ausführliche Indizes, über die das zweibändige Werk überhaupt benutzbar wird, schlieÃen die Bände ab. Natürlich lieÃen sich weitere Titel finden, die nicht aufgenommen wurden. Insgesamt handelt es sich um ein Grundlagenwerk für die weitere Forschung zu eschatologischen Vorstellungen." - Rüdiger Lohlker, in: Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes 108 (2018)
"... the most comprehensive overview of this topic in existence." - George Archer, in: Reading Religion, 22 August 2017
"Roads to Paradise maps out a beginning of modern academic research into Muslim eschatology." - Sajjad Rizvi, in: Al-Abhath 64 (2016)
"...a massive new contribution to the field." - John Hoover, in: Bulletin of the School of African and Oriental Studies, 8 November 2017
"Ein umfangreicher bibliographischer Appendix zu Paradies und Hölle im Islam und ausführliche Indizes, über die das zweibändige Werk überhaupt benutzbar wird, schlieÃen die Bände ab. Natürlich lieÃen sich weitere Titel finden, die nicht aufgenommen wurden. Insgesamt handelt es sich um ein Grundlagenwerk für die weitere Forschung zu eschatologischen Vorstellungen." - Rüdiger Lohlker, in: Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes 108 (2018)
"... the most comprehensive overview of this topic in existence." - George Archer, in: Reading Religion, 22 August 2017
"Roads to Paradise maps out a beginning of modern academic research into Muslim eschatology." - Sajjad Rizvi, in: Al-Abhath 64 (2016)
VOLUME I
Foundations and the Formation of a Tradition:
Reflections on the Hereafter in the Quran and Islamic Religious Thought
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The Editors
NOTE ON TRANSLITERATION AND STYLE
ABBREVIATIONS
ZUM GELEIT
Josef van Ess
INTRODUCTION
Sebastian Günther and Todd Lawson
PREPARING FOR THE JOURNEY â CONFERENCE OPENING ADDRESSES
âThe Paths to Reality are as Diverse as the Souls of Humanityâ
Tilman Nagel: Paradise Lost
Mahmoud Zakzouk: The Path to Paradise from an Islamic Viewpoint
PART ONE
Paradise, Hell and Afterlife in the Quran and Quranic Exegesis
Muhammad Abdel Haleem: Quranic Paradise: How to Get to Paradise and What to Expect There
Angelika Neuwirth: Paradise as a Quranic Discourse: Late Antique Foundations and Early Quranic Developments
Todd Lawson: Paradise in the Quran and the Music of Apocalypse
Jaakko Hämeen-Anttila: Paradise and Nature in the Quran and Pre-Islamic Poetry
Asma Afsaruddin: Dying in the Path of God: Reading Martyrdom and Moral Excellence in the Quran
Sebastian Günther: The Poetics of Islamic Eschatology: Narrative, Personification, and Colors in Muslim Discourse
PART TWO
The Pleasures of Paradise
Andrew J. Lane: âReclining upon Couches in the Shadeâ (Q 35:56): Quranic Imagery in Rationalist Exegesis
Ailin Qian: Delights in Paradise: A Comparative Survey of Heavenly Food and Drink in the Quran
Maher Jarrar: Strategies for Paradise: Paradise Virgins and Utopia
Nerina Rustomji: Beauty in the Garden: Aesthetics and the WildÄn, GhilmÄn, and Ḥūr
PART THREE
The Afterlife in Sunni Tradition and Theology
Aisha Geissinger: âAre Men the Majority in Paradise, or Women?â Constructing Gender and Communal Boundaries in Muslim b. al-ḤajjÄjâs (d. 261/875) KitÄb al-Janna
Christian Lange: The âEight Gates of Paradiseâ Tradition in Islam: A Genealogical and Structural Study
Feras Hamza: Temporary Hellfire Punishment and the Making of Sunni Orthodoxy
Niall Christie: Paradise and Hell in the KitÄb al-JihÄd of Ê¿AlÄ« b. ṬÄhir al-SulamÄ« (d. 500/1106)
Wilferd Madelung: Al-GhazÄlÄ« on Resurrection and the Road to Paradise
Dorothee Pielow: Sleepless in Paradise: Lying in State between This World and the Next
PART FOUR
A Wise Manâs Paradise â Eschatology and Philosophy
Michael E. Marmura: Paradise in Islamic Philosophy
Thomas Würtz: The Orthodox Conception of the Hereafter: SaÊ¿d al-DÄ«n al-TaftÄzÄnÄ«âs (d. 793/1390) Examination of some MuÊ¿tazilÄ« and Philosophical Objections
Hermann Landolt: âBeing-Towards-Resurrection:â MullÄ á¹¢adrÄâs Critique of SuhrawardÄ«âs Eschatology
Mohammed Rustom: A Philosopherâs Itinerary for the Afterlife: MullÄ á¹¢adrÄ on Paths to Felicity
PART FIVE
The Path beyond this World â Vision and Spiritual Experience of the Hereafter
Simon OâMeara: Muslim Visuality and the Visibility of Paradise and the World
Maryam Moazzen: A Garden beyond the Garden: Ê¿Ayn al-Quá¸Ät HamadÄnÄ«âs Perspective on Paradise
Katja Föllmer: Beyond Paradise: The Mystical Path to God and the Concept of Martyrdom in Ê¿Aá¹á¹Ärâs Conference of the Birds
PART SIX
Unity in Variety â Shiâism and Other Muslim Identities
Omid Ghaemmaghami: âAnd the Earth will Shine with the Light of its Lordâ (Q 39:69): QÄʾim and qiyÄma in Shiâi Islam
Elizabeth Alexandrin: Paradise as the Abode of Pure Knowledge: Reconsidering al-Muʾayyadâs âIsmaâili Neoplatonismâ
S.J. Badakhchani: Notions of Paradise in the Ismaâili Works of Naṣīr al-DÄ«n ṬūsÄ«
Jamel A. Velji: Apocalyptic Rhetoric and the Construction of Authority in Medieval Ismaâilism
Alexey A. Khismatulin: Just a Step Away From Paradise: Barzakh in the Ahl-i Ḥaqq Teachings
Orkhan Mir-Kasimov: âParadise is at the Feet of Mothers:â The ḤurÅ«fÄ« Road
Mohammad Hassan Khalil: Which Road to Paradise? The Controversy of Reincarnation in Islamic Thought
Foundations and the Formation of a Tradition:
Reflections on the Hereafter in the Quran and Islamic Religious Thought
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The Editors
NOTE ON TRANSLITERATION AND STYLE
ABBREVIATIONS
ZUM GELEIT
Josef van Ess
INTRODUCTION
Sebastian Günther and Todd Lawson
PREPARING FOR THE JOURNEY â CONFERENCE OPENING ADDRESSES
âThe Paths to Reality are as Diverse as the Souls of Humanityâ
Tilman Nagel: Paradise Lost
Mahmoud Zakzouk: The Path to Paradise from an Islamic Viewpoint
PART ONE
Paradise, Hell and Afterlife in the Quran and Quranic Exegesis
Muhammad Abdel Haleem: Quranic Paradise: How to Get to Paradise and What to Expect There
Angelika Neuwirth: Paradise as a Quranic Discourse: Late Antique Foundations and Early Quranic Developments
Todd Lawson: Paradise in the Quran and the Music of Apocalypse
Jaakko Hämeen-Anttila: Paradise and Nature in the Quran and Pre-Islamic Poetry
Asma Afsaruddin: Dying in the Path of God: Reading Martyrdom and Moral Excellence in the Quran
Sebastian Günther: The Poetics of Islamic Eschatology: Narrative, Personification, and Colors in Muslim Discourse
PART TWO
The Pleasures of Paradise
Andrew J. Lane: âReclining upon Couches in the Shadeâ (Q 35:56): Quranic Imagery in Rationalist Exegesis
Ailin Qian: Delights in Paradise: A Comparative Survey of Heavenly Food and Drink in the Quran
Maher Jarrar: Strategies for Paradise: Paradise Virgins and Utopia
Nerina Rustomji: Beauty in the Garden: Aesthetics and the WildÄn, GhilmÄn, and Ḥūr
PART THREE
The Afterlife in Sunni Tradition and Theology
Aisha Geissinger: âAre Men the Majority in Paradise, or Women?â Constructing Gender and Communal Boundaries in Muslim b. al-ḤajjÄjâs (d. 261/875) KitÄb al-Janna
Christian Lange: The âEight Gates of Paradiseâ Tradition in Islam: A Genealogical and Structural Study
Feras Hamza: Temporary Hellfire Punishment and the Making of Sunni Orthodoxy
Niall Christie: Paradise and Hell in the KitÄb al-JihÄd of Ê¿AlÄ« b. ṬÄhir al-SulamÄ« (d. 500/1106)
Wilferd Madelung: Al-GhazÄlÄ« on Resurrection and the Road to Paradise
Dorothee Pielow: Sleepless in Paradise: Lying in State between This World and the Next
PART FOUR
A Wise Manâs Paradise â Eschatology and Philosophy
Michael E. Marmura: Paradise in Islamic Philosophy
Thomas Würtz: The Orthodox Conception of the Hereafter: SaÊ¿d al-DÄ«n al-TaftÄzÄnÄ«âs (d. 793/1390) Examination of some MuÊ¿tazilÄ« and Philosophical Objections
Hermann Landolt: âBeing-Towards-Resurrection:â MullÄ á¹¢adrÄâs Critique of SuhrawardÄ«âs Eschatology
Mohammed Rustom: A Philosopherâs Itinerary for the Afterlife: MullÄ á¹¢adrÄ on Paths to Felicity
PART FIVE
The Path beyond this World â Vision and Spiritual Experience of the Hereafter
Simon OâMeara: Muslim Visuality and the Visibility of Paradise and the World
Maryam Moazzen: A Garden beyond the Garden: Ê¿Ayn al-Quá¸Ät HamadÄnÄ«âs Perspective on Paradise
Katja Föllmer: Beyond Paradise: The Mystical Path to God and the Concept of Martyrdom in Ê¿Aá¹á¹Ärâs Conference of the Birds
PART SIX
Unity in Variety â Shiâism and Other Muslim Identities
Omid Ghaemmaghami: âAnd the Earth will Shine with the Light of its Lordâ (Q 39:69): QÄʾim and qiyÄma in Shiâi Islam
Elizabeth Alexandrin: Paradise as the Abode of Pure Knowledge: Reconsidering al-Muʾayyadâs âIsmaâili Neoplatonismâ
S.J. Badakhchani: Notions of Paradise in the Ismaâili Works of Naṣīr al-DÄ«n ṬūsÄ«
Jamel A. Velji: Apocalyptic Rhetoric and the Construction of Authority in Medieval Ismaâilism
Alexey A. Khismatulin: Just a Step Away From Paradise: Barzakh in the Ahl-i Ḥaqq Teachings
Orkhan Mir-Kasimov: âParadise is at the Feet of Mothers:â The ḤurÅ«fÄ« Road
Mohammad Hassan Khalil: Which Road to Paradise? The Controversy of Reincarnation in Islamic Thought
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