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1	Islam: Religion, History, and Civilization more books like this by Dr. Seyyed Hossein Nasr add to wishlist Explores the doctrines and beliefs of Islam, its practices and institutions, the history of the religion, schools of thought, its place in contemporary society, its relationship to other religions, and its spiritual significance. see all copies from £5.57! new only from £5.57! \| signed copies \| first editions
2	Young Muslim's Guide to the Modern World more books like this by Dr. Seyyed Hossein Nasr add to wishlist A Young Muslims Guide to the Modern World, by one of Islams greatest contemporary scholars, 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 ... see all copies from £5.97! new only from £11.12! \| first editions
3	The Heart of Islam: Enduring Values for Humanity more books like this by Dr. Seyyed Hossein Nasr add to wishlist Reacting to increased Western interest in Islam, the author sets out to explain what is truly Islamic while dispelling misconceptions about the faith. In the process, he distinguishes between pan-Islamic features and customs which are specific to certain regions of the world. see all copies from £6.33! new only from £7.39! \| first editions
4	The Garden of Truth: The Vision and Promise of Sufism, Islam's Mystical Tradition more books like this by Dr. Seyyed Hossein Nasr add to wishlist Sufism has made significant contributions to the spread of Islam and the development of various aspects of Islamic civilisation. Many conservative Muslims disagree with many popular Sufi practices, particularly saint worship, the visiting of tombs, and the incorporation of non-Islamic customs. Consequently, in recent centuries Sufism has been a ... see all copies from £5.94! new only from £5.94! \| first editions
5	Muhammad, Man of God more books like this by Dr. Seyyed Hossein Nasr add to wishlist see all copies from £5.61! new only from £5.61!
6	Ramadan: Motivating Believers to Action: An Interfaith Perspective more books like this by Laleh Bakhtiar (Editor), Dr. Seyyed Hossein Nasr (Foreword by) add to wishlist see all copies from £5.92! new only from £10.71! \| first editions
7	Man and Nature: The Spiritual Crisis in Modern Man more books like this by Dr. Seyyed Hossein Nasr add to wishlist This is a spiritual tour de force which explores the relationship between Man and Nature as found in Taoism, Hinduism, Buddhism, Christianity and Islam, particularly its Sufi dimension. see all copies from £3.49! new only from £5.29! \| first editions
8	Science & Civilization in Islam more books like this by Dr. Seyyed Hossein Nasr add to wishlist Science and Civilization in Islam has remained unsurpassed as the authoritative statement on this subject. With his characteristic breadth of learning, clarity of exposition and insight, Seyyed Hossein Nasr presents here for the first time a full picture of Islamic science, not as a chapter in the history of Western science, but as an integral ... see all copies from £7.43! new only from £19.60! \| first editions
9	The Essential Sophia more books like this by Dr. Seyyed Hossein Nasr (Editor), Katherine O'Brien (Editor), Huston Smith (Foreword by) add to wishlist Ranging across the meaning and importance of Tradition, Art, Science, and Nature, and including comprehensive biographical essays, this volume contains some of the most important writings of the last decade. see all copies from £14.50! new only from £14.50!
10	Islamic Spirituality: Foundations more books like this by Dr. Seyyed Hossein Nasr (Editor) add to wishlist A multivolume series with more than 500 contributing scholars worldwide, presenting the spiritual wisdom of the human race in its historical unfolding from prehistoric times, through the great religious to the meeting of traditions at the present. see all copies from £16.41! new only from £18.78!
11 view cover	Need for Sacred Science more books like this by Dr. Seyyed Hossein Nasr add to wishlist see all copies from £14.86! new only from £15.45!
12 view cover	Islamic Science: An Illustrated Study more books like this by Dr. Seyyed Hossein Nasr add to wishlist Originally prepared for the World of Islam Festival held in London in 1976, this reprint maintains the quality of the original miniatures and text. The work shows the history of Islamic science through beautiful illustrations. see all copies from £12.18! new only from £21.63! \| first editions
13 view cover	History of Islamic Philosophy more books like this by Dr. Seyyed Hossein Nasr add to wishlist Islamic philosophy has often been treated as being largely of historical interest, belonging to the history of ideas rather than to philosophical study. This volume successfully overturns such a view. Emphasising the living nature and rich diversity of the subject, it examines the main thinkers and schools of thought, from the earliest period to ... see all copies from £36.16! new only from £65.42! \| first editions
14 view cover	Religion & the Order of Nature: The 1994 Cadbury Lectures at the University of Birmingham more books like this by Dr. Seyyed Hossein Nasr add to wishlist Nasr traces the historical process through which Western civilization moved away from the idea of nature as sacred and embraced a world view which sees humans as alienated from nature and nature itself as a machine to be dominated and manipulated by humans. His goal is to negate the totalitarian claims of modern science and to reopen the way to ... see all copies from £12.72! new only from £18.62!
15 view cover	Religion and the Order of Nature more books like this by Dr. Seyyed Hossein Nasr add to wishlist The current ecological crisis is a matter of urgent global concern, with solutions being sought on many fronts. In this book, Seyyed Hossein Nasr argues that the devastation of our world has been exacerbated, if not actually caused, by the reductionist view of nature that has been advanced by modern secular science. What is needed, he believes, is ... see all copies from £8.79! new only from £51.45!
16 view cover	The Essential Frithjof Schuon more books like this by Dr. Seyyed Hossein Nasr, Frithjof Schuon add to wishlist Frithjof Schuon had a unique ability to penetrate to the heart if the world's great spiritual traditions, revealing new dimensions that astounded general readers and scholars alike. Schuon's insights on religion, prayer, the spiritual life, aesthetics and philosophy shine throughout this book. see all copies from £10.20! new only from £10.20!
17 view cover	Islamic Philosophy from Its Origin to the Present: Philosophy in the Land of Prophecy more books like this by Dr. Seyyed Hossein Nasr add to wishlist A comprehensive overview of the Islamic philosophical tradition. see all copies from £21.65! new only from £21.65!
18 view cover	Islamic Art and Spiritua more books like this by Dr. Seyyed Hossein Nasr add to wishlist see all copies from £5.89! new only from £24.15!
19 view cover	An Anthology of Philosophy in Persia: Volume I more books like this by Dr. Seyyed Hossein Nasr (Editor), Mehdi Amin Razavi (Editor), Mehdi Aminrazavi (Editor) add to wishlist This is the first volume in a projected four-volume work covering the full expanse of Persian thought from the Zoroastrianism of the pre-Christian era until the present day. Introducing this extensive body of work for the first time in English translation, these volumes will be of great interest to scholars of philosophy, religion, and Middle ... see all copies from £29.98! new only from £69.35! \| first editions
20 view cover	Ali K. Nomachi: Mecca the Blessed, Medina the Radiant: The Holiest Cities of Islam more books like this by Dr. Seyyed Hossein Nasr, Ali Kazuyoshi Nomachi, Kazuyoshi Nomachi add to wishlist Mecca the blessed, Medina the Radiant is a remarkable achievement by Japanese photographer Ali Kazuyoshi Nomachi, who is a convert to Islam. These never-before-seen images provide an opening to the mystical places and scenes of Islam from breathtaking aerial photographs of the Arabian terrain, to vistas of teeming crowds of worshippers surrounding ... see all copies from £10.14! new only from £29.11! \| first editions
21 view cover	The Essential Seyyed Hossein Nasr more books like this by Dr. Seyyed Hossein Nasr, William C Chittick (Editor), Huston Smith (Foreword by) add to wishlist This anthology of Seyyed Hossein Nasr's most representative essays, edited by William C. Chittick, distills the essence of this leading scholar's thoughts on the subjects of Islam, Sufism, Tradition, and the Environmental Crisis. see all copies from £11.72! new only from £11.72!
22 view cover	Traditional Islam in the Modern more books like this by Dr. Seyyed Hossein Nasr add to wishlist Now reprinted, this book is an elaboration and defense of "traditional" Islam, as opposed to the modernist and fundamentalist forms, by one of the best-informed, most articulate Muslims of our time. see all copies from £6.67!
23 view cover	Intro Islamic Cosmol Doc more books like this by Dr. Seyyed Hossein Nasr add to wishlist see all copies from £16.93! new only from £21.52!
24 view cover	Routledge History of Islamic Philosophy more books like this by Oliver Leaman (Editor), Dr. Seyyed Hossein Nasr (Editor) add to wishlist Islamic philosophy has often been treated as mainly of historical interest, belonging to the history of ideas rather than to philosophy. This volume challenges this belief. The Routledge History of Islamic Philosophy is made up entirely of new essays by a distinguished list of writers. They provide detailed discussions of the most important ... see all copies from £171.54! new only from £171.54!
25 view cover	The Principles of Epistemology in Islamic Philosophy more books like this by Mehdi Ha'iri Yazdi, Dr. Seyyed Hossein Nasr (Foreword by) add to wishlist see all copies from £16.69! new only from £19.43!

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