Episode 3739: Poetry, Sufism & Spiritual Beauty | Martin Bidney Explores Goethe, Ibn Arabi & Islamic Tradition
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Martin Bidney discusses the intersection of poetry and Islamic tradition, exploring how it fosters intercultural dialogue and spiritual beauty.
Can poetry become a bridge between cultures, faiths, and generations? On this episode of This Week in America with Ric Bratton , acclaimed poet, translator, literary scholar, and Professor Emeritus Martin Bidney discusses three extraordinary books that explore the beauty, wisdom, and spiritual richness of Islamic tradition through poetry and intercultural dialogue. Featured works include: Beauty in Islam: Poems of Wholeness, Light, and Concord God the All-Imaginer: Wisdom of Sufi Master Ibn Arabi in 99 Modern Sonnets West-East Divan: The Poems, with "Notes and Essays": Goethe's Intercultural Dialogues Martin Bidney has pioneered a unique literary form he calls Verse Translation with Interview (VTI) , creating poetic conversations with some of history's greatest writers and spiritual thinkers, including Goethe, Shakespeare, Rumi, Hafiz, Virgil, and the renowned Sufi philosopher Ibn Arabi. Through these remarkable works, he demonstrates how poetry can transcend time, language, and culture while encouraging understanding between people of different traditions. Drawing on more than six decades of scholarship, over 60 published books, and a lifetime devoted to literature, Bidney…
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