Timothy Gianotti, ( University of Toronto) Assistant Professor, Classical Islamic Philosophy, Theology, and Mysticism Office: 102 Halsey Annex 434-924-6721 email: tjg5g@virginia.edu UVa instructor ID # b661 Psychological dimensions of classical Islamic Philosophy, Theology and Mysticism; Therapeutic aspects of the psycho-spiritual systems of medieval Islam; Spiritual and philosophical foundations for character formation, moral theology, and political thought in Islam; Death and dying in classical Islamic thought; Medieval Jewish & Christian Philosophy, Theology, Mysticism; Martial dimensions of the Abrahamic religious traditions. Education B.A., University of Notre Dame (Great Books, Classics) M.A. & Ph.D., University of Toronto (Medieval Islamic Philosophy & Theology, Islamic Intellectual History) Courses Fall 2006 RELI 359 Mysticism and Religious Experience RELI 367 Islamic Religion and Politics RELI 751 Al Ghazali Spring 2006 RELI 312 Sufism RELI 534 Sufism: Historical Texts and Traditions RELI 550 Medieval Islamic and Jewish Philosophies Fall, 2005 RELI 207, Classical Islam RELI 576, Islamic Mystical Texts Books in print al-Ghazālī’s Unspeakable Doctrine of the Soul: unveiling the esoteric psychology and eschatology of the Ihyā’, ( Leiden: E.J. Brill, 2001). Books in progress   “Walking the Way of the Afterlife: an introduction to the jurisprudence of the heart (fiqh al-qalb) in the thought of al-Ghazālī”  “Encountering Islam: an American prelude to the study of an Abrahamic Religion,” a multi-purpose instructional text introducing the basic beliefs, practices, and pre-history of Islam to American readers. Selected Articles & Book Chapters – in print & in progress ¨ “The Islamic View of Humanity” in On Human Nature: The JerusalemCenter Symposium, Truman G. Madsen, David Noel Freedman, Pam Fox Kuhlken, eds. ( Ann Arbor, MI: Pryor Pettingill Publishers, 2004). ¨ “The Spirit of Islamic Ethics: Mortal Vices, Saving Virtues, and the Wonders of the Heart in al-Ghazālī’s Reviving Religious Knowledge (Ihyā’ ‘ulūm al-dīn)” ¨ “Al-Ghazālī’s Mystical Position on Human Agency: the Case of the Pilgrim and the Pen from the Kitāb al-tawhīd wa’l-tawakkul” ¨ “al-Ghazālī on the Quintessential Religious Science: the Jursiprudence of the Heart (fiqh al-qalb)” ¨ “The Rambam and the Second Master: Deciphering the Ezekiel Chapters ( Guide III, 1-7) in the Light of al-Fārābī’s ‘Divine Science’ (Metaphysics)”