480 pages

The Muslim theologian al-Ghazali was one of the most influential theologians of Islam. In this book, Frank Griffel presents the most comprehensive examination to date of the life and thought of this important figure

Includes bibliographical references and index

A life between public and private instruction : Al-Ghaza#x1A;li#x1A;'s biography -- Al-Ghaza#x1A;li#x1A;'s most influential students and early followers -- Al-Ghaza#x1A;li#x1A; on the role of falsafa in Islam -- The reconciliation of reason and revelation through the "rule of interpretation Qa#x1A;nu#x1A;n al-tawi#x1A;l) -- Cosmology in early Islam : developments that led to al-Ghaza#x1A;li#x1A;'s Incoherence of the philosophers -- The seventeenth discussion of The incoherence of the philosophers -- Knowledge of causal connection is necessary -- Causes and effects in The revival of the religious sciences -- Cosmology in works written after The revival

A life between public and private instruction : Al-Ghaza#x1A;li#x1A;'s biography -- Al-Ghaza#x1A;li#x1A;'s most influential students and early followers -- Al-Ghaza#x1A;li#x1A; on the role of falsafa in Islam -- The reconciliation of reason and revelation through the "rule of interpretation Qa#x1A;nu#x1A;n al-tawi#x1A;l) -- Cosmology in early Islam : developments that led to al-Ghaza#x1A;li#x1A;'s Incoherence of the philosophers -- The seventeenth discussion of The incoherence of the philosophers -- Knowledge of causal connection is necessary -- Causes and effects in The revival of the religious sciences -- Cosmology in works written after The revival

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