Religiographies vol.3 n.2

Open-access and peer-reviewed journal, curated by the Centre for Comparative Studies of Civilisations and Spiritualities at the Fondazione Giorgio Cini.

With an interdisciplinary approach, Religiographies fosters dialogue between historians, sociologists, anthropologists, philosophers, and psychologists on three main themes: mysticism, esotericism, and spirituality.

This special issue of Religiographies aims to explore and analyse contemporary cases of the use of Muḥyiddīn Ibn ʿArabi’s (d. 1240) thought and to shed light on the motivations, dynamics and methods behind his interpretations. In order to improve the understanding and variety of the claims and to distinguish between the common links and the peculiarities of those cases, we would like to answer several questions, including: Which concepts of Ibn ʿArabi are most commonly used to address contemporary issues? How have they changed over the centuries? What aspects of Ibn ʿArabi’s paradoxical thought are emphasised or, on the contrary, downplayed by new exegetes? How is Ibn ʿArabi’s thought integrated or not into the broader spectrum of the Islamic intellectual tradition?