1. William Clark Chittick was born on June 29,1943 and is an American philosopher, writer, translator, and interpreter of classical Islamic philosophical and mystical texts.
12 Facts About William Chittick
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William Chittick is best known for his work on Rumi and Ibn 'Arabi, and has written extensively on the school of Ibn 'Arabi, Islamic philosophy, and Islamic cosmology.
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William Chittick is a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Asian and Asian American Studies at Stony Brook University.
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William Chittick earned his PhD in 1974 under Nasr's supervision.
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William Chittick later taught comparative religion at Aryamehr Technical University and joined the faculty of the Imperial Iranian Academy of Philosophy in 1978.
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William Chittick began working at Stony Brook University in 1983 as an assistant professor in the Department of Religious Studies.
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William Chittick is currently Distinguished Professor in the Department of Asian and Asian American Studies at Stony Brook University.
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William Chittick has been the recipient of several academic honors throughout his career.
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William Chittick is widely regarded as one of the foremost scholars in the field of Islamic philosophy and mysticism.
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William Chittick is "renowned for his translations and interpretations of classical Islamic philosophy and mystical texts".
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Taneli Kukkonen of New York University notes that "Over the course of four decades, William Chittick has done more than anyone to elucidate for an Anglophone audience's benefit the theosophical side of Sufi literature and later Islamic philosophy".
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William Chittick has published 30 books and numerous articles on Islamic intellectual history, Sufism and Islamic philosophy.