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Richard McGregor
Vanderbilt University
Occupation
Professor
Contact
Vanderbilt University
VU stn.B 351585. 2301 Vanderbilt Place
Nashville TN 37235-1585
United States
ABOUT
Islam and the Devotional Object: Seeing Religion in Egypt and Syria (Cambridge University Press, 2020) Sanctity and Mysticism in Medieval Egypt: the Wafa’ Sufi Order and the Legacy of Ibn ‘Arabi (State University of New York Press, 2004) Epistle of the Brethren of Purity: The Case of the Animals versus Man before the King of the Jinn Arabic edition and English translation, with Lenn E. Goodman (Oxford University Press, 2009). Pb. English-only edition in 2012 Sufism in the Ottoman Era (16th-18th C.) / Le soufisme à l’époque ottmane (XVIe-XVIIIe siècle) editors R. Chih, C. Mayeur-Jaouen, D. Gril, and R. McGregor (Institut Français d’Archéologie Orientale Press, 2010) The Development of Sufism in Mamluk Egypt editor with A. Sabra and M. Loubet (Institut Français d’Archéologie Orientale Press, 2006) Current projects: Cambridge Companion to Islamic Ritual
Discipline
Religious Studies/Theology
Sub Areas
History Of Religion
Islamic Studies
Islamic Thought
Mysticism/Sufi Studies
Theory
Geographic Areas of Interest
Egypt
Maghreb
Mashreq
Specialties
Philos
Sufism
Theo
Languages
Arabic (advanced)
French (advanced)
German (elementary)
Persian (elementary)
Spanish (elementary)
Turkish (elementary)
Education
PhD | 2001 | Islamic Stds | McGill U
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