Mindfulness, meditation, yoga, prayer, and other psycho-spiritual practices for health and wellbeing are pervasive in our world today. Until now though, the religious traditions taking up the bulk of real estate in the ‘health and spirituality’ movement have been Buddhism, as in the case of mindfulness and meditation, Hinduism, as in the case of yoga, and Christianity as in the case of prayer. A glaring absence is the second largest religious tradition in the world – Islam – yet it is full of such practices waiting to be explored. The purpose of this edited volume is to examine Islamic spiritual practices and healing modalities within the context of health and wellbeing and to lay some groundwork to advance this line of scholarship, practice, and application. Written by experts in a way that is accessible to any reader, this volume is a resource for students, scholars, clinicians, pastoral caregivers, healers, or anyone interested in the various topics covered including Islamic psychology, spirituality, health, wellness, complementary and alternative medicine, and more.

The Way of Love: Towards an Islamic Psychology of Virtues and Character Development is an edited volume that seeks to advance the fields of Islamic psychology, positive psychology, and scholarship on virtue and character development. It also seeks to bring the science of Islamic spirituality into the purview of modern psychology. Contributors explore a wide range of topics and offer recommendations for ways forward in this emerging area of inquiry. They also discuss practical applications and the relevance of an Islamic positive psychology within a western American context. Written by experts in a way that is accessible to any reader, this volume is a resource for students, scholars, clinicians, pastoral caregivers, or anyone interested in virtue and character development, positive psychology, Islamic psychology, Islamic spirituality, and related fields.

Integrating the Islamic faith with modern psychotherapy is at the forefront of the spiritually integrated psychotherapy movement