Religious Studies A-Level
Spiritual Interiority
What Spiritual Interiority means in Religious Studies A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Spiritual Interiority
The development of Sufism as a reaction to the perceived worldliness of the Umayyad and Abbasid caliphates, emphasizing Ihsan (perfection of faith).
Topics that use Spiritual Interiority
- Islam – Social and historical developments: Sunni and Shi'a differences, the Rightly Guided Caliphs, Sufism, and Islam and science (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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