Christian and Muslim Accounts of Love in the Eleventh Century

Part of the “Love in Religion” Programme at OxfordRegent’s Park College, Oxford, Tuesday 2 July 2019 

Love and the Self in Byzantine theology: the example of Nicetas Stethatos (c. 1005-1090)
by Smilen Markov, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy and Patristics, University of Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria

Love and mysticism in Sufi Thought: the example of Abdullah Ansari of Herat (1006-1089)
by Minlib Dallh, HRH King Abdullah II Fellow in the Study of Love in Religion, Regent’s Park College, Oxford 

Abdullah Ansari as depicted on a postage stamp from Tajikistan, 2010