Books by Seyyed Hossein Nasr

In this book, a series of interviews offers an accessible, revealing, human and intellectual biography of leading Islamic scholar Seyyed Hossein Nasr. Seyyed Hossein Nasr is one of the preeminent philosophers writing today.

Suitable for both students and scholars of Persian philosophy, this title deals with one of the richest and yet least known periods of philosophical life in Persia, the centuries between the seventh/thirteenth century, that saw the eclipse of the school of Khorosan, and the tenth/sixteenth century that coincided with the rise of the Safavids.

Concentrates on "The Roots of the Islamic Tradition and Spirituality". This work examines the divisions of Islamic community with their distinctive pieties and emphasises on: Sunnism and Shi'ism and female spirituality. It draws on Sufism - its nature and origin, its early development, its various spiritual practices and its science of the soul.

A collection of essays covers many facets of Islamic life and thought. The author brings together studies dealing with the practical as well as intellectual aspects of Islam in both their historical and contemporary reality.

This work presents basic notions concerning the seemingly contradictory sacred sciences. It examines the need for such sciences in the modern world, their meaning and applications.

This work was written specifically for Muslims, and in particular young Muslims, urging them to become familiar with their religion and to gain an understanding of the modern world from the Islamic point of view in order to respond positively to its challenges.

This work, written by the foremost authority on the subject, includes an in-depth survey of the individual Islamic sciences from cosmology, philosophy, theology to alchemy, physics, mathematics, astronomy and medicine, concluding with a chapter on the gnostic tradition.

A leading expert on Islam seeks to distinguish the central values of the religion from the actions of those responsible for contemporary violence, tracing each value's roots in Islamic scripture while identifying parallels between Islam and other major traditions. Reprint. 15,000 first printing.