Rumi: Teachings, edited by Sayed Gahreman Safavi, is a collection of two dozen or so thematically linked essays from various authors, among whom are some of the established names in the field of Islamic philosophy including Nasr, Chittick, and Leaman. All the essays proved to be equally rewarding to this reader. The editor groups them into five sections titled as follows: "Principles and Style," "The Structure and Methodology of Mathnawi," "The Relationship between Man and God," "Love in Mawlawi Rumi's Works," (...) and "The Interrelation and Influence of Mawlawi with and upon other Scholars."This book is as concerned with Rumi's poetic teaching methods as with his doctrinal teachings. For at least one reader this is a .. (shrink)