Book contents
- Reviews
- A Theology of Gratitude
- A Theology of Gratitude
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Part I Gratitude and God
- Chapter 1 Joyful Recognition
- Chapter 2 Islam and the Praxis of Gratitude
- Chapter 3 Gratitude in Creation and in Grace
- Chapter 4 When Does a Virtue Become a Vice?
- Part II Gratitude and Humanity
- Part III Gratitude and Society
- Select Bibliography
- Index
Chapter 4 - When Does a Virtue Become a Vice?
Gratitude as Panacea and Poison in Sufi Ethics
from Part I - Gratitude and God
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 16 December 2022
- Reviews
- A Theology of Gratitude
- A Theology of Gratitude
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Part I Gratitude and God
- Chapter 1 Joyful Recognition
- Chapter 2 Islam and the Praxis of Gratitude
- Chapter 3 Gratitude in Creation and in Grace
- Chapter 4 When Does a Virtue Become a Vice?
- Part II Gratitude and Humanity
- Part III Gratitude and Society
- Select Bibliography
- Index
Summary
Khalil evaluates the discourse of gratitude in positive psychology through the Sufi understanding of divine benefaction and gratitude (shukr). Building on the work of Andalusian scholar Ibn ‘Arabi, Khalil disputes the uncritical account of gratitude as a universal good. Rather, if exercised for the wrong reasons, or towards the wrong benefactors, gratitude can become a vice.
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- A Theology of GratitudeChristian and Muslim Perspectives, pp. 52 - 66Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022