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Islam and rationality: papers collected on his 900th anniversary

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Abstract

This volume offers an account of Abū Ḥāmid al-Ghazālī (d. 505/1111) as a rational theologian who created a symbiosis of philosophy and theology and infused rationality into Sufism. The majority of the papers herein deal with important topics of al-Ghazālī’s work, which demonstrate his rational treatment of the Qurʾān and major subjects of Islamic theology and everyday life of Muslims. Some other contributions address al-Ghazālī’s sources and how his intellectual endeavors were later received by scholars who had the same concern of reconciling religion and rationality within Islam, Christianity and Judaism. With contributions by Binyamin Abrahamov, Hans Daiber, Ken Garden, Avner Giladi, Scott Girdner, Frank Griffel, Steven Harvey, Alfred Ivry, Jules Janssens, Taneli Kukkonen, Luis Xavier López-Farjeat, Wilferd Madelung, Yahya M. Michot, Yasien Mohamed, Eric Ormsby, M. Sait Özervarlı, and Hidemi Takahashi.
Original languageEnglish
Place of PublicationLeiden
PublisherBrill
Number of pages1
ISBN (Electronic)9004290958, 9789004290952
StatePublished - 2015

Publication series

NameIslamic Philosophy, Theology and Science : Texts and Studies
PublisherBrill
VolumeVolume 94
ISSN (Electronic)0169-8729

Bibliographical note

Volume 98 edited by Frank Griffel.

ULI Keywords

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