Islam and Rationality - The Impact of Al-Ghazālī. Papers Collected on His 900th Anniversary. Vol. 1

Islam and Rationality offers an account of Abū Ḥāmid al-Ghazālī as a rational theologian who created a symbiosis of philosophy and theology and infused rationality into Sufism, and how his work was received by later Muslim, Christian and Jewish scholars.

About the author

Georges Tamer is Professor of Oriental Philology and Islamic Studies at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg. He has published extensively on the Qurʾān, Qurʾānic hermeneutics, Arabic philosophy and its reception in modern times, rational discourses in Islam, and interreligious relationships.

Product details

• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 05.06.2015
• EAN: 9789004290945
• ISBN: 978-90-04-29094-5
• No. of pages: 478
• Dimensions: 167 mm x 245 mm x 32 mm
• Weight: 872 g
• Series: Islamic Philosophy, Theology a
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous