William C. Chittick (29 de junio de 1943) es un filósofo, escritor, traductor e intérprete de textos filosóficos y místicos clásicos sobre el islam. Es conocido por su trabajo sobre Rumi e Ibn Arabi y ha escrito extensamente sobre la escuela de Ibn Arabi y la filosofía y cosmología islámicas.
The Sufi Doctrine of Rumi: An Introduction (Tehran: Aryamehr University Press, 1974).
The Sufi Path of Love: The Spiritual Teachings of Rumi (Albany: State University of New York Press, 1983).
The Sufi Path of Knowledge: Ibn al-'Arabi's Metaphysics of Imagination (Albany: State University of New York Press, 1989).
Imaginal Worlds: Ibn al-'Arabi and the Problem of Religious Diversity (Albany: State University of New York Press, 1994).
With Sachiko Murata, The Vision of Islam (New York: Paragon, 1994).
Varolmanın Boyutları (The Dimensions of Existence) A collection of seventeen essays edited and translated by Turan Koç (Istanbul: Insan Yayınları, 1997).
The Self-Disclosure of God: Principles of Ibn al-'Arabi's Cosmology (Albany: State University of New York Press, 1998).
Sufism: A Short Introduction (Oxford: Oneworld, 2000).
The Heart of Islamic Philosophy:The Quest for Self-Knowledge in the Teachings of Afdal al-Din Kashani (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001).
Ibn 'Arabi: Heir to the Prophets (Oxford: Oneworld, 2005).
The Sufi Doctrine of Rumi: Illustrated Edition (Bloomington, IN: World Wisdom, 2005).
Science of the Cosmos, Science of the Soul: The Pertinence of Islamic Cosmology in the Modern World (Oxford: Oneworld, 2007).
With Sachiko Murata and Tu Weiming, The Sage Learning of Liu Zhi: Islamic Thought in Confucian Terms (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Asia Centre, 2009).
In Search of the Lost Heart: Explorations in Islamic Thought. An anthology of Chittick's writings (from 1975 to 2012) edited by Mohammed Rustom, Atif Khalil, and Kazuyo Murata (Albany: State University of New York Press, 2012).
Divine Love: Islamic Literature and the Path to God (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2013).
Artículos seleccionados
"Il sufismo operativo in Rumi" (translated into Italian by Elémire Zolla), Conoscenza religiosa, Vol. 3 (1975), pp.272–288
"The Five Divine Presences: From al-Qunawi to al-Qaysari", Muslim World, 72 (1982), pp.107–28. Turkish translation by Turan Koç, "Bes Ilahî Hazret: el-Konevî'den el-Kayserî'ye," Uluslararasi Davud el-Kayserî Sempozyumu. Ankara: Kayserî Büyüksehir Belediyese Kültür Müdürlügü, 1998, pp.347–63
"Islam and the Loss of Equilibrium", Journal of Dharma, Vol. 10, No. 1 (1985), pp.42–59; also Islamic Quarterly, Vol. 20 (1986), pp.165–178
"Rumi's View of Imam Husayn", Alserat, Vol. 12, No. 1-2 (1986), pp.3–12. Translated into Persian by Hasan Lâhûtî as "Imâm Husayn dar Nagâh-i Mawlawî", Mîrâth-i Jâwîdân, Vol. 17 (1376/1997), pp.92–95; also in Gulistân, Vol. 2, No. 3 (1377/1998), pp.107–18
"Death and the World of Imagination - Ibn al-Arabi's Eschatology", The Muslim World, 78 (1988), pp.51–82. Turkish translation by T. Koç. Yeldi Iklim 2, May 1992, pp.41–46. Italian translation by Walter Librale, “La morte et il ‘mundo immaginale’: l’escatologia akbariana", Perennia Verba, Vol. 4 (2000), pp.59–106
"Ebn al-`Arabi as Lover", Sufi, Vol. 9 (1991), pp.6–9. Persian translation by S. Hamza'î, Sûfî, Vol. 13 (1370/1991), pp.12–17.
"The Bodily Positions of the Ritual Prayer", Sufi, Vol. 12 (1991–92), pp.16–18. French translation by E. de Longrée as "Les gestes de la prière en Islam", Initiations, Vol. 7 (1991–92), pp.15–19
With Seyyed Hossein Nasr (vols. 1-3) and Peter Zirnis (vols. 2-3), An Annotated Bibliography of Islamic Science (Tehran: Imperial Iranian Academy of Philosophy, 1975–78, vols. 1-2; Tehran: Cultural Studies and Research Institute, 1991, vol. 3).
'Abd al-Rahmân Jâmî, Naqd al-nusûs fi sharh naqsh al-fusûs, Persian and Arabic text with critical apparatus, notes, English and Persian introductions, indexes (Tehran: Imperial Iranian Academy of Philosophy, 1977).
The Works of Seyyed Hossein Nasr Through His Fortieth Birthday. Edited and Introduced (Uppsala: University of Utah Press, 1977).
The Inner Journey: Views from the Islamic Tradition. Edited and Introduced (Sandpoint, ID: White Thread Press, 2007).
The Essential Seyyed Hossein Nasr. Edited and Introduced (Bloomington, IN: World Wisdom, 2007).
Javad Nurbakhsh, Sufism [I]: Meaning, Knowledge, and Unity (New York: Khaniqahi-Nimatullahi, 1981).
Fakhr al-Din 'Iraqi, Divine Flashes. Translated with P.L. Wilson (New York: Paulist Press, 1982).
Javad Nurbakhsh, Sufism [II]: Fear and Hope, Contraction and Expansion, Gathering and Dispersion, Intoxication and Sobriety, Annihilation and Subsistence (New York: Khaniqahi-Nimatullahi, 1982).
Ali ibn Abi Talib, Supplications (Du'â), (London: Muhammadi Trust, 1982).
Zayn al-'Abidin, The Psalms of Islam. Translated and introduced (London: Muhammadi Trust, 1988). Reprinted as The Psalms of Islam: English Version (UK: al-Mahdi Institute, and Marsta, Sweden: Me'raj Educational Publishers, 2007).
William Chittick (editor), Faith and Practice of Islam: Three Thirteenth Century Sufi Texts (Albany: State University of New York Press, 1992).
'Abd al-Rahman Jami, Gleams. Translated in Sachiko Murata, Chinese Gleams of Sufi Light: Wang Tai-yu's Great Learning of the Pure and Real and Liu Chih's Displaying the Concealment of the Real Realm (Albany: State University of New York Press, 2000).
Mulla Sadra, The Elixir of the Gnostics. Translated, Edited, and Introduced (Provo: Brigham Young University Press, 2003).
Shams al-Din Tabrizi, Me and Rumi: The Autobiography of Shams-i Tabrizi. Annotated and Translated (Louisville, KY: Fons Vitae, 2004).
Ibn Arabi, select translations from The Meccan Revelations. Translated by Michel Chodkiewicz (ed.), The Meccan Revelations (New York: Pir Press, 2004).
Sadr al-Din al-Qunawi, The Texts. Translated in Seyyed Hossein Nasr and Mehdi Aminrazavi (eds.), An Anthology of Philosophy in Persia, vol. 4 (London: I.B. Tauris in association with The Institute of Ismaili Studies, 2012). Note: The translation of this text in this volume is slightly abridged. For the complete translation, see https://www.academia.edu/8101330/Sadr_al-Din_Qunawi_The_Texts_al-Nusus_
Ahmad Sam'ani, The Repose of the Spirits: A Sufi Commentary on the Divine Names. Translated and Introduced (Albany: State University of New York Press, 2019).
