Frank Griffel is a scholar of Islamic intellectual history at Yale University, and this Oxford University Press book is his definitive academic study of the thought of Abu Hamid al-Ghazali, the eleventh century Islamic theologian and philosopher. Its strength is that it situates Ghazali's philosophical theology within the specific intellectual controversies of his own time, using the full range of his writings rather than only his best-known works, and it is widely recognized among specialists as the standard treatment. Its limit is that it is a demanding specialist study aimed at scholars of Islamic philosophy, so a reader wanting a general introduction to Ghazali's life and broader significance in Islamic thought needs a more accessible source alongside it.
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AuthorFrank Griffel
PublisherOxford University Press
Publication Year2009
URLhttps://archive.org/details/alghazaliphiloso0000grif
Source Typeacademic monograph
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Published by Oxford University Press as Frank Griffel's academic study of al-Ghazali's philosophical theology, peer reviewed university press scholarship. NotesDefinitive study of the thought of Abu Hamid al-Ghazali.
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