Islam and rationality : the impact of al-Ghazali : papers collected on his 900th anniversary

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Islam and rationality : the impact of al-Ghazali : papers collected on his 900th anniversary

edited by Georges Tamer

（Islamic philosophy, theology, and science, v. 94, 98）

Brill, 2015-2016

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  • v. 2

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v. 2: edited by Frank Griffel

v. 1: Includes bibliographical references (p. [399]-439) and indexes

v. 2: Includes bibliographical references and indexes

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v. 1 ISBN 9789004290945

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This volume offers an account of Abu Hamid al-Ghazali (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-Ghazali's work, which demonstrate his rational treatment of the Qur'an and major subjects of Islamic theology and everyday life of Muslims. Some other contributions address al-Ghazali'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 Lopez-Farjeat, Wilferd Madelung, Yahya M. Michot, Yasien Mohamed, Eric Ormsby, M. Sait OEzervarli, and Hidemi Takahashi.

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Table of Contents Georges Tamer Introduction Hans Daiber God versus Causality: al-Ghazali's Solution and its Historical Background Wilferd Madelung Al-Ghazali's Changing Attitude to philosophy Binyamin Abrahamov Al-Ghazali and the Rationalization of Sufism Georges Tamer Revelation, Sciences and Symbolism: Al-Ghazali's Jawahir al-Qur'an Frank Griffel Al-Ghazali at His Most Rationalist: The Universal Rule for Allegorically Interpreting Revelation (al-Qanun al-kulli fi t-ta'wil) Eric Ormsby The Comedy of Reason: Strategies of Humour in al-Ghazali Taneli Kukkonen Al-Ghazali on the Emotions Avner Giladi Sex, Marriage and the Family in Al-Ghazali's Thought: Some Preliminary Notes Yasien Mohamed The Duties of the Teacher: al-Isfahani's Dhari'a as a source of inspiration for al-Ghazali's Mizan al-'amal Ken Garden Revisiting al-Ghazali's Crisis through his Scale for Action (Mizan al-'amal) Luis Xavier Lopez-Farjeat Al-Ghazali on Knowledge ('ilm) and Certainty (yaqin) in al-Munqidh min ad-dalal and in al-Qistas al-mustaqim Scott Girdner Ghazali's hermeneutics and their reception in Jewish Tradition: Mishkat al-Anwar (The Niche of Lights) and Maimonides' Shemonah Peraqim (Eight Chapters) Alfred Ivry Al-Ghazali, Averroes and Moshe Narboni: Conflict and Conflation Steven Harvey The Changing Image of al-Ghazali in Medieval Jewish Thought Hidemi Takahashi The Influence of al-Ghazali on the Juridical, Theological and Philosophical Works of Barhebraeus Jules Janssens R. Marti and His References to al-Ghazali Yahya M. Michot Al-Ghazali's Esotericism according to Ibn Taymiyya's Bughyat al-Murtad M. Sait OEzervarli Arbitrating between al-Ghazali and the Philosophers: The Tahafut Commentaries in the Ottoman Intellectual Context Bibliography
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v. 2 ISBN 9789004306950

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Al-Ghazali (d. 505/1111) is one of the most influential thinkers of Islam. There is hardly a genre of Islamic literature where he is not regarded as a major authority. Islamic Law, Sufism, ethics, philosophy, and theology are all deeply shaped by him. Yet in the past thirty years, the field of Ghazali-studies has been shaken by the realization that Avicenna (Ibn Sina, d. 428/1037) and other philosophers had a strong influence on him. Now, after the 900th anniversary at his death, the field emerges stronger than ever. This second volume of Islam and Rationality: The Impact of al-Ghazali brings together twelve leading experts on al-Ghazali who write about his thought and the impact it had on later Muslim thinkers. Contributors are: Anna Ayse Akasoy, Ahmed El Shamsy, Kenneth Garden, Frank Griffel, Jules Janssens, Damien Janos, Taneli Kukkonen, Stephen Ogden, M. Sait OEzervarli, Martin Riexinger, Ulrich Rudolph, and Ayman Shihadeh.

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Contents Preface Notes on Contributors Keys and Conventions Part I Al-Ghazali's Works and His Thought 1 Al-Ghazali on Error Taneli Kukkonen 2 Al-Ghazali's Concept of Philosophy Ulrich Rudolph 3 Problems in al-Ghazali's Perfect World: Objections and Counter-Objections to His Best Possible World Thesis Stephen Ogden 4 Al-Ghazali's Teleology and the Galenic Tradition Reading The Wisdom in God's Creations (al-Hikma fi makhluqat Allah) Ahmed El Shamsy 5 Al-Ghazali and Kalam: The Conundrum of His Body-Soul Dualism Ayman Shihadeh 6 Al-Ghazali's Veils Section: Comparative Religion before Religionswissenschaft? Anna Ayse Akasoy 7 Is There An Autograph of al-Ghazali in MS Yale, Landberg 318? Frank Griffel Part II Al-Ghazali's Influence 8 Intuition, Intellection, and Mystical Knowledge: Delineating Fakhr al-Din al-Razi's Cognitive Theories Damien Janos 9 Fakhr al-Din al-Razi's Use of al-Ghazali's Mishkat in His Commentary on the Light Verse (Q 24:35) Jules Janssens 10 Ottoman Perceptions of al-Ghazali's Works and Discussions on His Historical Role in the Late Ottoman Period M. Sait OEzervarli 11 Al-Ghazali's "Demarcation of Science:" A Commonplace Apology in the Muslim Reception of Modern Science - and its Limitations Martin Riexinger 12 The Revival of the Religious Sciences in the Twenty-First Century: Su'ad Hakim's Adaptation of al-Ghazali's Revival Kenneth Garden Indices

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