Jason Welle
Jason Welle is Assistant Professor of Comparative Theology at Boston College (USA), where he has taught since 2023. His research focuses on Sufism and Islamic mysticism (particularly in the medieval period), Muslim-Christian relations and the Franciscan intellectual tradition.
Holding a PhD in Theological and Religious Studies from Georgetown University and two master’s degrees (University of Notre Dame and Catholic Theological Union), he previously served as professor and Director of Studies at the Pontifical Institute for Arabic and Islamic Studies (PISAI, Rome). His publications include Companionship and Virtue in Classical Sufism: The Contribution of al-Sulamī (I.B. Tauris, 2024).
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Treatises on the Sufi Way
- Jason Welle
Translated by Jason Welle, this book (Treatises on the Sufi Way, Islamic Texts Society, 2025) offers an English translation of five treatises by Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Sulamī (d. 412/1021), a Sufi m...
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Companionship and Virtue in Classical Sufism: The Contribution of al-Sulamī
- Jason Welle
Companionship and Virtue in Classical Sufism: The Contribution of al-Sulamī (London: I.B. Tauris, 2024), by Jason Welle, is devoted to al-Sulamī (d. 412/1021), a major Sufi master of the classical ...
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