A Conversation

By Google Books, *In Search of the Sacred: A Conversation With Seyyed Hossein Nasr on His Life and Thought* - Seyyed Hossein Nasr and Ramin Jahanbegloo / Greenwood Pub Group, 2010
Wednesday, July 14, 2010

In this book, a series of interviews offers an accessible, revealing, human and intellectual biography of leading Islamic scholar Seyyed Hossein Nasr.

Seyyed Hossein Nasr, one of the world's leading experts on Islamic thought and spirituality, is university professor of Islamic Studies at The George Washington University.

The preeminent Sufi scholar in the United States, Nasr is the author of more than fifty other books, including "The Heart of Islam" and "Islam".

Born in Tehran, raised in the United States, and graduate of MIT and Harvard, Nasr is a well-known and highly respected intellectual figure in both the West and the Islamic world. He lives in Washington, D.C.

Jahanbegloo is Head of the Department for Contemporary Studies at the Cultural Research Bureau, Iran, and Assistant Professor at Aga Khan University's Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilizations, London.

Bibliographic Information:

Title
In Search of the Sacred: A Conversation With Seyyed Hossein Nasr on His Life and Thought
Authors
Seyyed Hossein Nasr, Seyyed Nasr, Ramin Jahanbegloo
Publisher
Greenwood Pub Group, 2010
ISBN
0313383243, 9780313383243
Length
448 pages
Subjects
Islamic philosophy Muslim philosophers Religion / General Religion / Theology