Epistemologically, Islamic mysticism is a kind of intuitive ontology obtained through a mystical journey. Given this perspective, the real being is the Absolute Being or the Almighty God Who is unique, infinite and absolutely perfect. Among the creatures in the universe, man enjoys a special status. He is composed of a physical body and divine […]
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Mohammad Fanaei Eshkevari has pursued both traditional seminary and academic education, integrating classical Islamic learning with modern philosophical studies. He entered the Islamic seminary of Qom in 1976, where he studied jurisprudence (fiqh), principles of jurisprudence (usul), and traditional texts in Islamic philosophy and mysticism under the guidance of prominent scholars, continuing this course of study until 1991.
In 1992, he began his academic studies at McGill University in Canada, earning a Master’s degree in Comparative Philosophy from the Institute of Islamic Studies. He later completed a Ph.D. in Philosophy of Religion at McGill’s Faculty of Religious Studies in 2001. His doctoral dissertation focused on The Epistemology of Mystical Experience.
He currently serves as a full professor and head of the Philosophy Department at the Imam Khomeini Educational and Research Institute. His academic work focuses on Comparative Philosophy and Islamic Mysticism. He has authored twenty-three books and published over seventy articles in the fields of philosophy, mysticism, and religion, in both Iranian and international journals.
List of Published Books by Dr. Mohammad Fanaei Eshkevari (all in Persian except one):
1. A Sip from the Goblet of Islamic Mysticism, (جرعه ای از جام عرفان), Tehran, Institute for Research in Philosophy and Wisdom, 2024.
2. Wisdom and the Tale of Chivalry: An essay on Futuwah in Iranian Culture and Islamic Mysticism (حکمت و حکایت جوانمردی: نگاهی به آیین فتوت در فرهنگ ایرانی و عرفان اسلامی), Tehran, International Publishing, 2023.
3. Mystical Instruction, Qom, Urwatul Wuthqa, 2023 (English).
4. Horizons of Islamic Mysticism (آفاق عرفان اسلامی), Qom, Imam Khomeini Educational and Research Institute, 2022.
5. Comparative Mysticism (عرفان تطبیقی), Qom, Imam Khomeini Educational and Research Institute, 2022.
6. Philosophical Thinking (تفکر فلسفی), Qom, The High Assosiation of Islamic Wisdom, 2021.
7. Shining Light of Wisdom: A glance at Ayatollah Mesbah’s Heritage on Widmoe and Knowledge (چراغ فروزان حکمت), Qom, Imam Khomeini Educational and Research Institute, 2021.
8. Islamic Gnosis in Shia Scholars’ Works (عرفان اسلامی د رمتون عالمان شیعی), Qom, Imam Khomeini Educational and Research Institute , 2017.
9. The Tale of My Life’s Journey, An autobiography (شرح این هجران: حکایت یک زندگی), Qom, Teachings of Revelation and Reason, 2016.
10. An Introduction to the Philosophy of Mysticism (), Imam Khomeini Educational and Research Institute(درآمدی بر فلسفه عرفان), Qom, 2014
11. Islamic Philosophy and Mysticism in Confrontation with Contemporary Challenges (فلسفه و عرفان اسلامی در رویاروئی با چالشهای معاصر), qom, Imam Khomeini Educational and Research Institute, 2012.
12. Some Features of Shi’I Irfan (Mysticism) (شاخصه های عرفان ناب شیعی), Qom, Bustan-e Ketab, 2012.
13. An Introduction to the History of Western Philosophy (درآمدی بر تاریخ فلسفه غرب), Qom, Imam Khomeini Educational and Research Institute, 2012.
14. An Introduction to the History of Islamic Philosophy (درآمدی بر تاریخ فلسفۀ اسلامی),in collaboration with other scholars, Tehran, SAMT, 2011.
15. An Introduction to Contemporary Islamic Philosophy (مقدمه ای بر فلسفه اسلامی معاصر), Qom, Imam Khomeini Educational and Research Institute, 2010.
16. Supplications of the Mystics: Shi’I Wisdom and Gnosis in a Commentary on Du’a Kumayl (نیایش عارفان), Qom, Shi’a Shenasi, 2007.
17. Crisis of Knowledge: A Critique of Modernist Rationality and Spirituality (بحران معرفت), Qom, Imam Khomeini Educational and Research Institute, 2005.
18. The Status of Women in Islamic Thought (منزلت زن در اندیشه اسلامی), Qom, Imam Khomeini Educational and Research Institute, 1999.
19. Commitment to Truth (تعهد به حقیقت), Qom, Imam Khomeini Educational and Research Institute, 1999.
20. Islamic Knowledge and the Islamic University (دانش اسلامی و دانشگاه اسلامی), Qom, Imam Khomeini Educational and Research Institute, 1998.
21. Knowledge by Presence (علم حضوری), Qom, Imam Khomeini Educational and Research Institute, 1996.
22. Secondary Intelligibles (معقول ثانی), Qom, Imam Khomeini Educational and Research Institute, 1996.
23. Epistemology of Religious Knowledge (معرفت شناسی دینی), Tehran, Barg Publishing, 1995.
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