Attaining Inner Peace in Islam (eBook)

This book discusses inner peace from an Islamic theological and spiritual perspective, the writings of Said Nursi, a twentieth century Muslim scholar. Inner peace is a topic of great interest in the world at present. While happiness and mental health have been extensively discussed from a psychological and sociological perspective, and while inner peace has been written about from various religious viewpoints, there is very little scholarly work on inner peace from an Islamic theological and spiritual perspective. This book addresses this significant gap. With Islam being the second largest religion in the world, this book provides an important contribution to the literature on a faith tradition which is followed by so many. In addressing the intersection between Islam, spirituality and psychology, this book makes an original contribution to the literature on modern Islamic thinkers like Nursi, and to the broader fields of Islamic studies, and theology, philosophy and well-being studies.

Zuleyha Keskin is co-founder of the Islamic Sciences and Research Academy (ISRA Academy). She is an Associate Professor at the Centre for Islamic Studies and Civilisation (CISAC), Charles Sturt University (CSU). She completed her Ph.D. in the Faculty of Theology and Philosophy at the Australian Catholic University (ACU). She has been Managing Editor of the Australian Journal of Islamic Studies (AJIS) since 2016 and is Vice-President of the Australian Association of Islamic and Muslim Studies (AAIMS). She co-edited Contesting the Theological Foundations of Islamism and Violent Extremism (Palgrave Macmillan), which was published in 2019.

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This book discusses inner peace from an Islamic theological and spiritual perspective, the writings of Said Nursi, a twentieth century Muslim scholar. Inner peace is a topic of great interest in the world at present. While happiness and mental health have been extensively discussed from a psychological and sociological perspective, and while inner peace has been written about from various religious viewpoints, there is very little scholarly work on inner peace from an Islamic theological and spiritual perspective. This book addresses this significant gap. With Islam being the second largest religion in the world, this book provides an important contribution to the literature on a faith tradition which is followed by so many. In addressing the intersection between Islam, spirituality and psychology, this book makes an original contribution to the literature on modern Islamic thinkers like Nursi, and to the broader fields of Islamic studies, and theology, philosophy and well-being studies.