Illumination in Islamic Mysticism

Professor of the History of Religions at Princeton Theological Seminary, Edward J. Jurji is the author of several books in the field, including The Phenomenology of Religion, and served as the Director of the First (1964) and Second (1966) Edward F. Gallahue Conferences on World Religions. His translation of the original is fresh and vigorous; to this he has added succinct, brilliantly written notes. It is difficult to over-estimate the value of Jurji’s project for those who are interested in the spiritual life of the Sufis and Islamic mysticism. The book will add incomparable riches to any collection which contemplates it.