Shams C. Inati is a professor in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies, the Center for Arab and Islamic Studies, and the Department of Philosophy at Villanova University.[1] She has authored many works and has translated numerous Arabic philosophical texts, with an emphasis on Ibn Sina and other medieval Islamic thinkers. Much of her work focuses on the problem of evil, metaphysics, and historical dilemmas in the Middle East.[2][3][4] The Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies praised her "scholarly, well researched and well analysed commentary" on Ibn Sina.[5] Her work has also been cited or reviewed in the Middle East Journal,[6] The Journal of Religion,[7] the American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly,[8] and the Journal of Semitic Studies.[9]
Selected works
edit- Ibn Sina’s Remarks and Admonitions: Physics and Metaphysics: An Analysis and Annotated Translation. Translated by Inati, Shams. Columbia University Press. 2014. ISBN 978-0-231-53742-1.
- Inati, Shams Constantine (2003). Iraq: Its History, People, and Politics. Humanity Books. ISBN 978-1-59102-096-7.
- Inati, Shams Constantine (2000). The Problem of Evil: Ibn Sînâ's Theodicy. Global Academic Publishing. ISBN 978-1-58684-006-8.
- Inati, Shams Constantine (1996). Ibn Sīnā and Mysticism: Remarks and Admonitions, Part Four. Kegan Paul International. ISBN 978-0-7103-0482-7.
- Inati, Shams Constantine; Ṣadr, Muḥammad Bāqir (1987). Our Philosophy. Muhammadi Trust. ISBN 978-0-7103-0179-6.
- Inati, Shams Constantine (1984). Remarks and Admonitions: Logic. Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies. ISBN 978-0-88844-277-2.
References
edit- ^ "Shams Inati". www16.homepage.villanova.edu. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
- ^ "The Problem of Evil : Ibn Sina's Theodicy (Shams C. Inati)". islamicbookstore.com. 2012-04-01. Archived from the original on 2012-04-01. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
- ^ "Our Philosophy- Falsafatuna". Al-Islam.org. 2013-01-26. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
- ^ Inati, Shams Constantine (1984). An Examination of Ibn Sina's Solution for the Problem of Evil. University Microfilms.
- ^ Netton, Ian Richard (1998). "Shams Inati: Ibn Sīnā and mysticism: Remarks and admonitions. Part four. xiv, 114 pp. London and New York: Kegan Paul International, 1996, £38,$59.50". Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies. 61: 133. doi:10.1017/S0041977X00015871.
- ^ Razavi, Mehdi Amin (1997). "Review of Ibn Sina and Mysticism: Remarks and Admonitions". Middle East Journal. 51 (4): 632–633. ISSN 0026-3141. JSTOR 4329142.
- ^ Sells, Michael A. (1998). "Reviewed work: Ibn Sīnā and Mysticism: Remarks and Admonitions, Shams C. Inati". The Journal of Religion. 78 (1): 162–163. doi:10.1086/490168. JSTOR 1205871.
- ^ Druart, Thérèse-Anne (1999). "Medieval Islamic Thought and the "What is X?" Question". American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly. 73: 1–8. doi:10.5840/acpq19997311.
- ^ Sobieroj, F. (1999). "Reviews: Ibn Sīnā and Mysticism: Remarks and Admonitions Part IV". Journal of Semitic Studies. 44 (1): 149–151. doi:10.1093/jss/XLIV.1.149.