James Winston Morris (born 1949) is an American

Islam Islam is an Abrahamic religions, Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the Quran, and the teachings of Muhammad. Adherents of Islam are called Muslims, who are estimated to number Islam by country, 2 billion worldwide and are the world ...

ic theologian, currently a professor in the Department of

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Boston College Boston College (BC) is a private university, private Catholic Jesuits, Jesuit research university in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1863 by the Society of Jesus, a Catholic Religious order (Catholic), religious order, t ...

. Before teaching at Boston College, he held the Sharjah Chair of

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at the

University of Exeter The University of Exeter is a research university in the West Country of England, with its main campus in Exeter, Devon. Its predecessor institutions, St Luke's College, Exeter School of Science, Exeter School of Art, and the Camborne School of ...

Biography and Academic background

He received a BA in Civilizational Studies from the

University of Chicago The University of Chicago (UChicago, Chicago, or UChi) is a Private university, private research university in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Its main campus is in the Hyde Park, Chicago, Hyde Park neighborhood on Chicago's South Side, Chic ...

in 1971, and a Ph.D. in Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations from

Harvard University Harvard University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1636 and named for its first benefactor, the History of the Puritans in North America, Puritan clergyma ...

in 1980, for a thesis "Ibn Masarra: A Reconsideration of the Primary Sources". He also studied at the

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, the

American University in Cairo The American University in Cairo (AUC; ) is a private research university in New Cairo, Egypt. The university offers American-style learning programs at undergraduate, graduate, and professional levels, along with a continuing education program. ...

, the Iranian Academy of Philosophy, and the Center for the Study of Civilizations, Tehran. He taught at the

Princeton University Princeton University is a private university, private Ivy League research university in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the List of Colonial ...

Oberlin College Oberlin College is a Private university, private Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college and conservatory of music in Oberlin, Ohio, United States. Founded in 1833, it is the oldest Mixed-sex education, coeducational lib ...

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, and the

Institute of Ismaili Studies The Institute of Ismaili Studies (IIS) is a research institute in London, United Kingdom. It aims to promote the study of Muslim cultures and societies, both historical and contemporary, in order to foster a greater understanding of their relatio ...

in Paris and London. He has been a visiting professor at the Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes (Paris), University of Malaya, and University of Sarajevo. He specialized in medieval Islamic philosophy, especially in the philosophy of

Ibn 'Arabī Ibn Arabi (July 1165–November 1240) was an Andalusian Sunni scholar, Sufi mystic, poet, and philosopher who was extremely influential within Islamic thought. Out of the 850 works attributed to him, some 700 are authentic, while over 400 are ...

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Publications

Books

*''Ostad Elahi on Spirituality in Everyday Life.'' Kuala Lumpur: Centre for Civilizational Dialogue, University of Malaya, 2009. *''From Ethics and Devotion to Spiritual Realization: Ibn 'Arabī on 'What Is Indispensable For the Spiritual Seeker, Monograph, pp. viii + 37. Kuala Lumpur: University of Malaysia, Centre for Cilisational Dialogue, 2007. *''Knowing the Spirit'', by Nûr Alî-Shâh Elâhi, translated by James Morris ( .l. State university of New York press, 2007. *''The Reflective Heart: Discovering Spiritual Intelligence in Ibn Arabi's 'Meccan Illuminations'.'' Louisville, KY: Fons Vitae of Kentucky, Inc, 2005. OCLC 535507748 *''Orientations: Islamic Thought in a World Civilization.'' Sarajevo: El-Kalem, 2001 and Cambridge : Archetype, 2004. *''The Wisdom of the Throne: An Introduction to the Philosophy of

Mulla Sadra Ṣadr ad-Dīn Muḥammad Shīrāzī, more commonly known as Mullā Ṣadrā (; ; c. 1571/2 – c. 1635/40 CE / 980 – 1050 AH), was a Persians, Persian Twelver Shi'a, Shi'i Islamic philosophy, Islamic mystic, philosopher, Kalam, theologian, a ...

''. Princeton, Princeton University Press, 1981. **Review, ''

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'', University of London, 1983, vol. 46, no. 1, p. 149-

Articles

*"The Spiritual Ascension: Ibn ʿArabī and the Miʿrāj Part I" ''Journal of the American Oriental Society,'' Oct. - Dec. 1987, vol. 107, no. 4, p. 629-652 *"The Spiritual Ascension: Ibn ʿArabī and the Miʿrāj Part II" ''Journal of the American Oriental Society,'' Jan. - Mar. 1988, vol. 108, no. 1, p. 63-77 *"Ibn ʿArabi and His Interpreters Part II: Influences and Interpretations" ''Journal of the American Oriental Society,'' Oct. - Dec. 1986, vol. 106, no. 4, p. 733-756 *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.

References

External links

Official web page at Boston College
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