Author: Nasr, Seyyed Hossein

We've all read about the laws and politics of Islam, but Sufism is the poetry and romance of the world's fastest-growing religion. Dating from the early 9th century, this ascetic and mystical movement has a long tradition of rejecting worship motivated by desire for heavenly reward or fear of punishment, insisting rather on the love of God as the sole valid form of adoration. Nasr, the pre-eminent Sufi scholar in the U.S., outlines the beliefs and vision of the mystical heart of Islam. Now in paper. 272 pp.