1 Professor James Winston Morris Department of Theology Boston College e-mail: [email protected] Office telephone: 617-552-0571 Many of Prof. Morris’s articles and reviews, and some older books, are now freely available in searchable and downloadable .pdf format at http://dcollections.bc.edu/james_morris PREVIOUS ACADEMIC POSITIONS: 2006-present Boston College, Professor, Department of Theology. 1999-2006 University of Exeter, Professor, Sharjah Chair of Islamic Studies and Director of Graduate Studies and Research, Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies. 1989-99: Oberlin College: Assoc. Professor, Department of Religion. 1988-89: Temple University: Asst. Professor, Department of Religion. 1987-88: Princeton University: Visiting Professor, Department of Religion and Department of Near Eastern Studies. 1981-87: Institute of Ismaili Studies, Paris/London (joint graduate program in London with McGill University, Institute of Islamic Studies): Professor, Department of Graduate Studies and Research. EDUCATION AND ACADEMIC HONORS: HARVARD UNIVERSITY PH.D, NEAR EASTERN LANGUAGES CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS AND CIVILIZATIONS, 1980 Major field: Islamic philosophy and theology; minor fields: classical philosophy, Arabic language and literature, Persian language and literature, . Fellowships: Danforth Graduate Fellowship (1971-1978); Whiting Foundation Dissertation Fellowship (1978-1979); foreign research fellowships (details below). UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO B.A., CIVILIZATIONAL CHICAGO, ILLINOIS STUDIES, 1971 Awards and Fellowships: University Scholar; President's Scholar; National Merit Scholarship; National Honor Society Scholarship; Telluride Scholar; Phi Beta Kappa; Goethe Prize (German); Goettler Political Institutions Prize; President's advisory council; General and Special Honors (summa cum laude) at graduation. GRADUATE STUDY ABROAD: IRANIAN CENTER FOR THE STUDY RESEARCH ASSOCIATE, OF CIVILIZATIONS, TEHRAN 1977-1978 2 IRANIAN NATIONAL ACADEMY OF RESEARCH FELLOW, PHILOSOPHY, TEHRAN 1975-1977 AMERICAN UNIVERSITY IN CAIRO CENTER FOR ARABIC STUDIES CAIRO, EGYPT ABROAD (CASA), 1972 UNIVERSITĖ DE STRASBOURG GRADUATE STUDIES IN ARABIC STRASBOURG, FRANCE & PHILOSOPHY, 1971-1972 ARABIC SUMMER PROGRAM (U. OF TEXAS) FELLOW CASABLANCA, MOROCCO 1971 BOOKS: Knowing the Spirit, by Nur Ali Elahi. Introduction and annotated translation of his Kitāb Ma‘rifat ar-Rūh (Albany, SUNY Press, 2007). The Reflective Heart: Discovering Spiritual Intelligence in Ibn ‘Arabī’s ‘Meccan Illuminations’. Louisville, Fons Vitae, 2005. (Indonesian, Turkish, Persian, and Bosnian translations in preparation.) Orientations: Islamic Thought in a World Civilisation. London, Archetype Press, 2004. (Arabic, Urdu, and French translations in preparation). Jihathā va harakathā. Tehran, Jeihoon Publications, 2008. (Persian translation by M. Keyvani.) Yonelimler: Bir Dunya Medeniyetinde Islam Dusuncesi. Istanbul, Insan yayinlari [Humanities Press], 2006. (Turkish translation by Prof. M. Kiliç.) Sufi-Sufi Merajut Peradaban. Jakarta, Forum Sebangsa, 2003. (Indonesian translation by B. Harun.) Orientacije: Islamska Misao u Svjetskoj Civilizaciji. Sarajevo, El-Kalem, 2002 (Serbo-Croatian translation of earlier version, by Professors H. N. Kahteran, R. Hafizović, A. Silajdžić.) Ibn ‘Arabī: The Meccan Revelations (co-author with W. Chittick). New York, Pir Press, 2002. The Master and the Disciple: An Early Islamic Spiritual Dialogue, Arabic critical edition and English translation and Introduction to Ja‘far b. Mansūr al-Yaman's Kitāb al-‘ālim wa’l-ghulām. London and New York, IIS/I. B. Tauris Publishers, 2001. Ibn ‘Arabī: Les Illuminations de la Mecque. Paris, Sindbad, 1989. (Ed. M. Chodkiewicz; co-author with C. Chodkiewicz, D. Gril, and W. Chittick). The Wisdom of the Throne: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Mulla Sadra. Princeton, Princeton University Press, 1981. (Turkish translation in progress.) 3 Kearifan Puncak, Hikmah al-Arsyiah. Yogyakarta, Pustaka Pelajar, 2001. (Indonesian translation by D. Mahayana and Ir. Dedi Djunaidi; introduction by Dr. Jalaluddin Rahmat.) Ibn Arabi Prestol’naia mudrost’. Moscow, Vostochnaia literatura, 2004. (Russian version by Yanis Eshots.) Web-based Volumes (free for downloading): Ibn ‘Arabī and His Interpreters: Historical Contexts and Contemporary Perspectives, 226 pages. Collection of more than thirty monographs, shorter articles and related reviews, freely downloadable in .pdf format at www.ibnarabisociety.org/IbnArabi . Ibn ‘Arabī on Spiritual Practice (and related translations), 173 pages. Collection of ten articles and translations (some previously published; others to appear in new volumes in preparation), freely downloadable in .pdf format at www.ibnarabisociety.org / MONOGRAPHS, ARTICLES and CHAPTERS: Communication and Creativity: Sultan Veled and the Challenges of Spiritual “Inheritance”. In Festschrift for Seyyed Hossein Nasr, ed. …. (tba) Discovering Walāya: From God as al-Walī to Spiritual Peace (as-Salām). In Proceedings of World Congress of Sufism (2013), ed. …. (tba) “Ever-renewed Creation”: Forging Islamic Humanities in a Global Civilization. In proceedings of “Imagining Muslim Humanities” conference (Duke University, April 2012), title and publisher t.b.a. “As for your Lord’s blessings, recount them!”: Personal Story and Spiritual Realization in Ibn ‘Arabi’s Meccan Illuminations. To appear in two parts in JMIAS 56-57 (2017). Islamic Studies and “Religious Education” in United Kingdom Universities and Secondary Education:the Contrast with Religious Studies. Pp. 1-13 in Les sciences religieuses en Europe :état des lieux 2003-2013 (ed. J.-D. Dubois, L. Kaennel, R. Koch-Piettre, V. Zuber), N° spécial du Bulletin de la Société des Amis des Sciences religieuses, Paris, 2015. Ibn ‘Arabi-viaje y creacion/Symbol and Creative Imagination, and“Life is But a Dream”: Creation as Divine Cinema and the Shadow-Theater of Existence, From Plato to Ibn ‘Arabi, pp. 10-48 in El Azufre Rojo: Revista de Estudios sobre Ibn ‘Arabi, vol. 2 (2015). 4 What Is a Wali?: Exploring the Relationship of Walāya. In Haci Bayrām-i Velī International Symposium Proceedings, pp. 521-530 and pp. 177-185 (Turkish translation). Ankara: TURKADD, 2015. The "Ascension of the Word": Rhetoric and Reader Engagement in Rumi's Masnavi. Pages 229-259 in The Philosophy of Ecstasy: Rumi and the Sufi Tradition, ed. L. Lewisohn. Bloomington, IN, World Wisdom, 2014. Mulla Sadra on Divine Speech and Attributes,, pp. 205-209; and Ibn al-‘Arabi on What Is Indispensable for the Spiritual Seeker, pp. 250-259. In Islamic Theological Themes: a Primary Source Reader, ed. J. Renard. Berkeley, U. of California Press, 2014. Re-discovering Mulla Sadra as a Political Philosopher, Foreword (pp. iv-x), to S.K. Toussi, The Political Philosophy of Mulla Sadra. London, Routledge, 2014. Divine Calling and Human Response: Scripture and Realization in The Meccan Illuminations. In Journal of the Muhyiddin Ibn ‘Arabi Society, vol. 53, pp. 1-24; and Part II, vol. 54, pp. 1-12 (both 2013). Opening the Heart: Ibn ‘Arabi on Suffering, Compassion and Atonement. In Journal of the Muhyiddin Ibn ‘Arabi Society, vol.51 (2012), pp. 27-56. Changing Faces of African-American Islam: Identity and Cultural Adaptation in an American Muslim Tradition. Pp. 205-223 in Interreligious Dialogue and Cultural Change, ed. Catherine Cornille and Stephanie Corigliano. Eugene, OR, Cascade Books, 2012. Poetry as Heart-Perception: The Metaphysical Promise of Khawaja Ghulam Farid. Preface (pp. 13-16) to The Metaphysical and Cultural Perspectives of Khawaja Ghulam Farid’s Poetry and Iqbal, by Dr. Shahzad Qaiser. Lahore, Iqbal Academy, 2012. The Challenges of Realization in a Global Civilization. In Kanz Philosophia:A Journal of Philosophy and Religious Studies, (Jakarta, Indonesia, Islamic College), vol. I, no. 2 (2011 [appeared 2012]), pp. 9-23. Ibn ‘Arabi’s “Short Course” on Love. In Journal of the Muhyiddin Ibn ‘Arabi Society, vol.50 (2011 [appeared 2012]), pp. 1-15. Surrender and Realisation: Imam ‘Ali on the Conditions for True Religious Understanding. In Vincit Omnia Veritas: Collected Essays, ed. R. Fabbri and T. Scott, pp. 167-179. LaTrobe University, Religio Perennis, 2011. 5 Ostad Elahi On Spirituality in Everyday Life. Monograph (viii + 40 pages). Kuala Lumpur : University of Malaya, Centre for Civilisational Dialogue, 2011. The Contemporary Appeal of Ibn ‘Arabi’s Thought. In Journal of the Muhyiddin Ibn ‘Arabi Society, vol. 48 (2010), pp. 73-95. Symphonie du Soufisme, symphonie de l’Esprit, postface for French translation of Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan, In Search of the Hidden Treasure: A Conference of Sufis, Paris, le Courrier du livre, 2010, pp. 257-265. Political Dimensions of Ibn Arab`s Hermeneutics of Spiritual Realisation. In "Philosophy", The İnternational Scientific and Theoretical Journal of the Institute of Philosophy, Sociology and Law of the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences, vol. 1 (2010), pp.13-36. Transfiguring Love: Perspective Shifts and Contextualization of Experience in the Ghazals of Ḥāfiẓ. In Hafiz and the Religion of Love In Classical Persian Poetry, ed. L. Lewisohn, pp. 227-250 . London, I.B.Tauris, 2010. Imaging Islam: Intellect and Imagination in Islamic Philosophy, Poetry and Painting. In Traversing the Heart: Journeys of the Inter-religious Imagination, ed. R. Kearney, pp. 302-327. Leiden, Brill, 2010. Ostad Elahi and Hajji Ni‘mat: Master and Disciple, Father and Son. In Tales of God’s Friends: Islamic Hagiography in Translation, ed. J. Renard. Berkeley, U. of California Press, 2009, pp. 100-114.