Islam and rationality. / The impact of al-Ghazali. : Papers collected on his 900th anniversary. : Vol. 2 / / edited by Frank Griffel ; contributors, Anna Ayse Akasoy [and twelve others].

• Superior document: Islamic Philosophy, Theology and Science : Texts and Studies, Volume 98
• TeilnehmendeR: Griffel, Frank, 1965-; Akasoy, Anna Ayse,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, Netherlands ;, Boston, [Massachusetts] : : Brill,, 2016.; ©2016
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Series: Islamic philosophy, theology, and science ; Volume 98.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (364 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

Al-Ghazālī (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 Ghazālī-studies has been shaken by the realization that Avicenna (Ibn Sīnā, 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-Ghazālī brings together twelve leading experts on al-Ghazālī who write about his thought and the impact it had on later Muslim thinkers. Contributors are: Anna Ayşe Akasoy, Ahmed El Shamsy, Kenneth Garden, Frank Griffel, Jules Janssens, Damien Janos, Taneli Kukkonen, Stephen Ogden, M. Sait Özervarlı, Martin Riexinger, Ulrich Rudolph, and Ayman Shihadeh.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material -- 1 Al-Ghazālī on Error / Taneli Kukkonen -- 2 Al-Ghazālī’s Concept of Philosophy / Ulrich Rudolph -- 3 Problems in al-Ghazālī’s Perfect World / Stephen R. Ogden -- 4 Al-Ghazālī’s Teleology and the Galenic Tradition / Ahmed El Shamsy -- 5 Al-Ghazālī and Kalām / Ayman Shihadeh -- 6 Al-Ghazālī’s Veil Section / Anna Ayşe Akasoy -- 7 Is There an Autograph of al-Ghazālī in MS Yale, Landberg 318? -- 8 Intuition, Intellection, and Mystical Knowledge / Damien Janos -- 9 Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī’s Use of al-Ghazālī’s Mishkāt in His Commentary on the Light Verse (Q 24:35) / Jules Janssens -- 10 Ottoman Perceptions of al-Ghazālī’s Works and Discussions on His Historical Role in Its Late Period / M. Sait Özervarlı -- 11 Al-Ghazālī’s “Demarcation of Science” / Martin Riexinger -- 12 The Revival of the Religious Sciences in the Twenty-First Century Suʿād al-Ḥakīm’s Adaptation of al-Ghazālī’s Revival / Kenneth Garden -- General Index of Names and Subjects -- Index of Passages in Works by al-Ghazālī -- Index of Verses in the Qurʾan.