This last Sunday the public radio program called "Speaking of Faith" re-broadcast a program for which it won a national award. The program concerned the Medieval Sufi poetry of Rumi, a wonderful mystic who the American poet and translator, Coleman Barks, has managed to make the best-selling poet of any kind in the United States.
This particular radio program features an interview with scholar Fatemeh Keshavarz, who IPP brought to Louisville last fall for programs at The Temple and at Unity Church . Both events were made possible by Interfaith Paths to Peace board member Haleh Karimi.
The poetry of Rumi explores the relationship of humans to God (Allah, or G!d) with a love that approaches the intensity of romantic ardour in its devotion.
Fatemeh Keshavarz's insights are remarkable, and the poetry reciting during the program in its original Persian is truly beautiful
Here are a few words from "Speaking of Faith" about the program. A link to the program itself appears below.
The Ecstatic Faith of Rumi The 13th-century Muslim mystic and poet Rumi has long shaped Muslims around the world and has now become popular in the West. Rumi created a new language of love within the Islamic mystical tradition of Sufism. We hear his poetry as we delve into his world and listen for its echoes in our own.
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