The Selected Works of James W. Morris
James W Morris
Boston College
Articles
- An Arab “Machiavelli”? : Rhetoric, Philosophy and Politics in Ibn Khaldun’s Critique of Sufism
- ‘Second Readings’: Ibn ‘Arabī’s Futūhāt and the Renewal of Islamic Thought., To appear in Proceedings of Ibn ‘Arabi Colloquium, Cordoba, 2008.
- The Mysteries of Ihsān: Natural Contemplation and the Spiritual Virtues in the Qur’an, To appear (in Persian) in Kīmiyā’, 2008
- The "Instruments of Divine Compassion": Between the Path and the Real in Ibn 'Arabi's Meccan Illuminations
- Ostad Elahi on Spirituality in Everyday Life
- Freedoms and Responsibilities: Ibn ‘Arabī and the Political Dimensions of Spiritual Realisation, Journal of the Muhyiddīn Ibn ‘Arabī Society, Part II, vol. XXXIX (2006), pp. 85-11
- Freedoms and Responsibilities: Ibn ‘Arabī and the Political Dimensions of Spiritual Realisation, Journal of the Muhyiddīn Ibn ‘Arabī Society, Part I, vol. XXXVIII (2005), pp. 1-21
- Civilization as Dialogue: Spirituality and Philosophy in Mullā Sadrā and Today, In Mulla Sadra’s School and Western Philosophies: Papers Presented at the Second World Congress on Mulla Sadra, vol. I, ed. A. N. Bagershahi, Tehran, SIPRin, 2005, pp. 261-272
- Surrender and Realisation: Imam ‘Ali on the Conditions for True Religious Understanding, Rūh al-Dín: Islam and the Religio Perennis, I:1 (2005), pp. 1-13
- Ibn ‘Arabī’s Rhetoric of Realisation: Keys to Reading and ‘Translating’ the Meccan Illuminations, Journal of the Muhyiddīn Ibn ‘Arabī Society, (Part I), vol. XXXIII (2003), pp. 54-99
- Ibn ‘Arabī’s Rhetoric of Realisation: Keys to Reading and ‘Translating’ the Meccan Illuminations, Journal of the Muhyiddīn Ibn ‘Arabī Society, (Part II), vol. XXXIV (2003), pp. 103-145
- Ibn 'Arabī in the "Far West": Visible and Invisible Influences, Journal of the Muhyiddin Ibn 'Arabi Society, XXIX (2001), pp. 87-122
- Introducing Ibn ‘Arabī’s “Book of Spiritual Advice”, Journal of the Muhyiddīn Ibn ‘Arabī Society, vol. XXVIII, pp. 1-18, 2000
- Qur’an Translation and the Challenge of Communication: Toward a ‘Literal’ (Study) Version of the Qur’an, Journal of Qur’anic Studies, vol. 2:2 (2000), pp. 53-68
- Remembrance and Repetition: The Spiritual Foundations of Islamic Aesthetics, Sufi Magazine, no. 47 (2000), pp. 15-19
- “Except His Face...”: The Political and Aesthetic Dimensions of Ibn ‘Arabi’s Legacy, Journal of the Muhyiddīn Ibn ‘Arabī Society, vol. XXIII (1998), pp. 19-31
- Spiritual Imagination and the “Liminal” World: Ibn ‘Arabī on the Barzakh, POSTDATA (Madrid), vol. 15, no. 2 (1995), pp. 104-109
- La Imaginación Divina Y El Mundo Intermedio: Ibn 'Arabī Y El Barzaj, POSTDATA (Madrid), vol. 15, no. 2 (1995), pp. 42-49
- Dramatizing the Sura of Joseph: An Introduction to the Islamic Humanities, In Annemarie Schimmel Festschrift, special issue of Journal of Turkish Studies (Harvard), vol. 18 (1994), pp. 201-224
- How to Study the Futūhāt: Ibn 'Arabī’s Own Advice, In Muhyiddin Ibn ‘Arabī: 750th Anniversary Commemoration Volume, ed. S. Hirtenstein and M. Tiernan, Shaftesbury/ Rockport, Element Books, 1993, pp. 73-89
- Ibn ‘Arabī's “Esotericism”: The Problem of Spiritual Authority, Studia Islamica, LXXI (1990), pp. 37-64
- The Spiritual Ascension: Ibn ‘Arabī and the Mi‘rāj, Journal of the American Oriental Society, vol. 108 (1988), pp. 63-77
- The Spiritual Ascension: Ibn ‘Arabī and the Mi‘rāj, Journal of the American Oriental Society, vol. 107 (1987), pp. 629-652
- "He who speaks does not know...": Some Remarks by Ghazālī, Studies in Mystical Literature, Vol. 5 (1985/appeared in 1987), pp. 1-20
- Ibn ‘Arabī and His Interpreters, Journal of the American Oriental Society, vol. 106 (1986), pp. 539-551 and pp. 733-756, and vol. 107 (1987), pp. 101-119
Books
- From Ethics and Devotion to Spiritual Realisation: Ibn ‘Arabī on ‘What Is Indispensable For the Spiritual Seeker’, Monograph, pp. viii + 37. Kuala Lumpur: University of Malaysia, Centre for Cilisational Dialogue, 2007.
- The Wisdom of the Throne: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Mulla Sadra, by James W. Morris. Princeton, Princeton University Press, 1981. (Revised re-edition in preparation with Archetype and White Cloud Press.)
- Ibn Masarra: A Reconsideration of the Primary Sources, (ms. of original Harvard study, 1973)
Contributions to Books
- Mulla Sadrā’s Conception of the Barzakh and the Emerging Science of Spirituality: The Process of Realization (tahqīq)., In Islam-West Philosophical Dialogue (Papers Presented at the First World Congress on Mulla Sadra), Tehran, SIPRI Institute, 2005, vol. X, pp. 93-103.
- Religion After Religions ? : Henry Corbin and the Future of the Study of Religion., In Philosophies et Sagesses des Religions du Livre, ed. P. Lory and M. Amir-Moezzi, Tournhout, Brépols Publishers, 2005, pp. 21-32.
- (Draft) Preface and Introduction, volume of translations from the Futūhāt (with W. Chittick), Ibn ‘Arabī: The Meccan Revelations, Volume I. New York, Pir Press, 2002
- La Pensée d’Ostād Elahi, In Le Spirituel: Pluralité et Unité, Cahiers d’Anthropologie Religieuse (ed. M. Meslin), tome 5, Paris, Presses de l’Université, 1996. pp. 137-147
- Theophany or "Pantheism"?: the Importance of Balyānī’s Risālat al-Ahadīya, and “la description de abū ‘abdallāh balyānī par jāmī.”, In Horizons Maghrébins (Toulouse), special festschrift issue for Michel Chodkiewicz, no. 30 (1995), pp. 43-50 and 51-54
- Situating Islamic “Mysticism”: Between Written Traditions and Popular Spirituality, In Mystics of the Book: Themes, Topics and Typologies, ed. R. Herrera, New York/Berlin, Peter Lang, 1993, pp. 293-334.
- The Philosopher-Prophet in Avicenna's Political Philosophy, Chapter 4 of The Political Aspects of Islamic Philosophy, ed. C. Butterworth, Cambridge, Harvard University Press, 1992, pp. 142-188
- Reading ‘Attār's ‘Conference of the Birds’, In Approaches to the Asian Classics, ed. Wm. Theodore de Bary and Irene Bloom. N.Y., Columbia University Press, 1990, pp. 77-85
Book Reviews
- Revelation, Intellectual Intuition and Reason in the Philosophy of Mulla Sadra, by Zailan Moris, London, Routledge Curzon, 2003. In Journal of Islamic Studies, vol. (2006), pp. 360-362.
- Sufism and Deconstruction: A comparative study of Derrida and Ibn ‘Arabi, by Ian Almond, London, Routledge, London, 2004. In International Journal of Middle East Studies, vol. (2006), pp. 164-165.
- Islamic Mysticism Contested: Thirteen Centuries of Controversies and Polemics, ed. F.de Jong and B. Radtke. Leiden, Brill, 1999. In Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations, vol. 13.2 (2002), pp. 237-239.
- A Brief Introduction to Islamic Philosophy, by Oliver Leaman. Cambridge: Polity Press, 1999. In Bulletin of the School of Oriental & African Studies, vol. 65.2 (2002), pp. 388-399.
- The Unlimited Mercifier: The Spiritual Life and Thought of Ibn ‘Arabī, by Stephen Hirtenstein, Oxford, Anqa Publishers/White Cloud Press, 1999. In The Expository Times, vol. 111, no. 2 (August 2000), page 395.
- Ethical Theories in Islam, by Majid Fakhry, Leiden, Brill, 1991. In Middle East Journal, vol. 47 (1993), pp. 234-235.
- The Sufi Path of Knowledge: Ibn ‘Arabī's Metaphysics of the Imagination, by William Chittick, Albany, 1989. In Journal of the American Oriental Society, vol. 111.3 (1991), pp. 601-602.
- Mirror of the Intellect: Essays on Traditional Science and Sacred Art, by T. Burckhardt, tr. and ed. W. Stoddart, Albany, 1987. In Critical Review of Books in Religion-1989 (annual supplement to the JAAR/SBL), pp. 470-472.
- The Shadow of God and the Hidden Imam: Religion, Political Order, and Societal Change in Shi'ite Iran from the Beginning to 1980, by S. A. Arjomand, Chicago, 1984. In History of Religions, vol. 29, no. 2 (1989), p. 192.
- La destinée de l'homme selon Avicenne: Le retour à Dieu (ma'ād) et l'imagination, by Jean Michot, Louvain, 1987. In the Journal of the American Oriental Society, vol. 107 (1987), no. 4, pp. 815-817.