Zusatztext This work of historical theology is essential reading for those wanting to understand with new depth and clarity the life and teachings of al-Ghazali. Informationen zum Autor Frank Griffel is Professor of Islamic Studies at Yale University and has published widely in the fields of Islamic theology, Arab and Islamic philosophy, Islamic law, and Muslim intellectual history. Klappentext A comprehensive study of Muslim thinker al-Ghazali's life and his understanding of cosmology-how God creates things and events in the world, how human acts relate to God's power, and how the universe is structured. Zusammenfassung A comprehensive study of Muslim thinker al-Ghazali's life and his understanding of cosmology-how God creates things and events in the world, how human acts relate to God's power, and how the universe is structured. Inhaltsverzeichnis Timetable Introduction Chapter One: A Life Between Public and Private Instruction: Al-Ghazali's Biography The Main Sources for Ghazali's Biography Chapter Two: Al-Ghazali's Most Influential Students and Followers Chapter Three: Al-Ghazali On the Role of falsafa in Islam Chapter Four: The Reconciliation of Reason and Revelation Through the ''Rule of Interpretation'' Chapter Five: Cosmology in Early Islam-Developments that Led to al-Ghazali's Incoherence of the Philosophers Chapter Six: The Seventeenth Discussion of the Incoherence of the Philosophers Chapter Seven: Knowledge of Causal Connections is Necessary Chapter Eight: Causes and Effects in the Revival of the Religious Sciences Chapter Nine: Cosmology in Works Written After the Revival Conclusion Notes Bibliography General Index Index of Works by al-Ghazali Index of Manuscripts Index of Verses in the Qur'an

Autorentext
Frank Griffel is Professor of Islamic Studies at Yale University and has published widely in the fields of Islamic theology, Arab and Islamic philosophy, Islamic law, and Muslim intellectual history.

Klappentext

A comprehensive study of Muslim thinker al-Ghazali's life and his understanding of cosmology-how God creates things and events in the world, how human acts relate to God's power, and how the universe is structured.

Inhalt

• Timetable

• Introduction

• Chapter One: A Life Between Public and Private Instruction: Al-Ghazali's Biography The Main Sources for Ghazali's Biography

• Chapter Two: Al-Ghazali's Most Influential Students and Followers

• Chapter Three: Al-Ghazali On the Role of falsafa in Islam

• Chapter Four: The Reconciliation of Reason and Revelation Through the ''Rule of Interpretation''

• Chapter Five: Cosmology in Early Islam-Developments that Led to al-Ghazali's Incoherence of the Philosophers

• Chapter Six: The Seventeenth Discussion of the Incoherence of the Philosophers

• Chapter Seven: Knowledge of Causal Connections is Necessary

• Chapter Eight: Causes and Effects in the Revival of the Religious Sciences

• Chapter Nine: Cosmology in Works Written After the Revival

• Conclusion

• Notes

• Bibliography

• General Index

• Index of Works by al-Ghazali

• Index of Manuscripts

• Index of Verses in the Qur'an