Full Terms & Conditions of access and use can be found at https://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?journalCode=cicm20 Islam and Christian–Muslim Relations ISSN: (Print) (Online) Journal homepage: https://www.tandfonline.com/loi/cicm20 The Essence of Reality: A Defense of Philosophical Sufism by ʿAyn al-Quḍāt, edited and translated by Mohammed Rustom, New York: New York University Press, 2022, 350 pp., $35.00 (hardback), ISBN 9781479816613. https://nyupress.org/9781479816590/the-essence-of- reality/ Mohammad Amin Mansouri To cite this article: Mohammad Amin Mansouri (2022): The Essence of Reality: A Defense of Philosophical Sufism, Islam and Christian–Muslim Relations, DOI: 10.1080/09596410.2022.2143228 To link to this article: https://doi.org/10.1080/09596410.2022.2143228 Published online: 10 Nov 2022. Submit your article to this journal View related articles View Crossmark data