Religion and Revolution Spiritual and Political Islam in Ernesto Cardenal

Religion and Revolution provides a comprehensive study of spiritual and political IslÄ m in Ernesto Cardenal, the great Latin American poet, priest, and revolutionary. The work studies the relationship between Thomas Merton and á1[Å«fism, Cardenalâ (TM)s connection to spiritual IslÄ m, as well as the á1[Å«fÄ« sources cited in his Cosmic Canticle. The work equally examines the impact of political IslÄ m on his ideology, focusing particularly on his trip to Iran during the very triumph of the IslÄ mic Revolution. Using Cardenalâ (TM)s â oeInterlude of the Revolution in Iranâ as a starting point, the work provides a vivid and detailed description of the early days of the revolution as well as the ties between the IslÄ mic Republic of Iran and the Latin American left.