| Table des matières |
| | Figures, Maps, and Tables | xi |
| | Acknowledgments | xiii |
| | Note on Transliteration, Dates, and Translations | xv |
| | Introduction | 1 |
| pt. I | "THE PATH OF THE KURDISH AND PERSIAN VERIFYING SCHOLARS" | |
| 1. | Kurdish Scholars and the Reinvigoration of the Rational Sciences | 13 |
| | The Myth of the "Triumph of Fanaticism" | 14 |
| | Opening the Gate of Verification in Damascus | 26 |
| | Opening the Gate of Verification in the Hejaz, Istanbul, and Anatolia | 37 |
| | Conclusion | 56 |
| 2. | A Discourse on Method: The Evolution of Adab al-bahth | 60 |
| | An Explosion of Interest in Dialectics (Adab al-bahth) | 61 |
| | Seventeenth-Century Ottoman Contributions to Adab al-bahth | 70 |
| | Adab al-bahth and Relational Syllogisms | 85 |
| 3. | The Rise of "Deep Reading" | 97 |
| | Traditional Manuals on the Acquisition of Knowledge | 99 |
| | Adab al-bahth and "The Proprieties of Reading" | 106 |
| | Muneccimbasi on "the Proprieties of Reading" | 109 |
| | Sacaklizade on the Acquisition of Knowledge | 115 |
| | Deep Reading and Textual Criticism | 120 |
| | Ottoman Education and the Ideal of Deep Reading | 125 |
| | Conclusion | 128 |
| pt. II | SAVING SERVANTS FROM THE YOKE OF IMITATION | |
| 4. | Maghrebi "Theologian-Logicians" in Egypt and the Hejaz | 131 |
| | Maghrebi Logicians in Egypt | 131 |
| | The Seventeenth-Century Efflorescence in the Maghreb | 147 |
| | Four Maghrebi Scholars in the East | 153 |
| | The End of an Era | 170 |
| 5. | The Condemnation of Imitation (Taqlid) | 173 |
| | Sanusi on Imitation (Taqlid) | 175 |
| | Sanusi's Influence in the East | 188 |
| | Sanusi-Inspired Creedal Works | 193 |
| | A Forgotten Chapter in Islamic Religious History | 200 |
| 6. | al-Hasan al-Yusi and Two Theological Controversies in Seventeenth-Century Morocco | 204 |
| | The Controversy Concerning the "Imitator" (Muqallid) | 204 |
| | Hasan al-Yusi's Defense of Logic | 215 |
| | Hasan al-Yusi on the Controversy Concerning the Islamic Profession of Faith | 221 |
| | Epilogue: Zabldi's Criticism | 230 |
| pt. III | THE IMAMS OF THOSE WHO PROCLAIM THE UNITY OF EXISTENCE | |
| 7. | The Spread of Mystical Monism | 235 |
| | Sixteenth-Century Arab Sufi Scholars on Ibn ©ђrabi' | 237 |
| | The Shattari Order in the Hejaz | 249 |
| | The Naqshbandi Order in the Hejaz and Syria | 257 |
| | The Khalwati Order in Syria | 261 |
| | Conclusion | 270 |
| 8. | Monist Mystics and Neo-Hanbali Traditionalism | 272 |
| | Kurani on Figurative Interpretation (Ta'wil) | 275 |
| | Kurani and Nabulusi on the Value of Rational Theology (Kalam) | 285 |
| | Kurani and Nabulusi on Occasionalism and Human Acts | 294 |
| | Conclusion | 305 |
| 9. | In Defense of Wahdat al-Wujud | 312 |
| | Taftazani's Criticism of Wahdat al-Wujud | 313 |
| | Kuranl's Defense of Wahdat al-Wujud | 320 |
| | Nabulusi's Defense of Wahdat al-Wujud | 332 |
| | Conclusion | 344 |
| | Conclusion | 347 |
| | References | 363 |
| | Index | 391 |
