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The Wisdom of Al-Ghazali: Doubt, Devotion, and the Revival of the Soul

by Sapientia Mundi Press
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Book cover type: Paperback
  • ISBN13: 9798195947590
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Subject: N/A
  • Publisher: Independently Published
  • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published
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  • Pages: 160
  • Original Price: GBP 9.95
  • Language: English
  • Edition: N/A
  • Item Weight: 223 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): Islam / Sufi

He was the most celebrated scholar in the Islamic world - and he walked away from everything to find the truth that intellect alone could not reach.

The Wisdom of Al-Ghazali: Doubt, Devotion, and the Revival of the Soul traces the extraordinary intellectual and spiritual journey of Abu Hamid al-Ghazali (1058-1111), the jurist, theologian, philosopher, and mystic whose crisis of certainty and subsequent transformation reshaped the course of Islamic civilization. At the height of his career as the leading professor at Baghdad's Nizamiyya madrasa, al-Ghazali suffered a devastating breakdown that left him unable to speak or teach. What followed was one of the most remarkable episodes in the history of religious thought: a decade of wandering, ascetic practice, and spiritual renewal that produced the Ihya' 'Ulum al-Din, one of the most influential works in all of Islamic literature.

The Wisdom of Al-Ghazali: Doubt, Devotion, and the Revival of the Soul presents this thinker's life and ideas with the depth and clarity they deserve, examining his devastating critique of the philosophers, his defense of orthodox theology, his embrace of Sufi mysticism, and his unprecedented synthesis of law, reason, and spiritual experience. Written in contemplative, historically grounded prose for thoughtful general readers, this volume reveals why al-Ghazali's questions about knowledge, certainty, and the transformation of the soul remain as urgent today as they were a millennium ago.

Through historical analysis and spiritual reflection, this volume:

  • Explores al-Ghazali's famous crisis of doubt and his departure from the pinnacle of Islamic scholarship
  • Examines the Tahafut al-Falasifa and its revolutionary challenge to philosophical certainty
  • Traces the development of al-Ghazali's moral psychology, including his penetrating analyses of pride, self-deception, and the diseases of the heart
  • Illuminates the Mishkat al-Anwar and its vision of divine light as the source of all knowledge
  • Reveals how al-Ghazali reconciled Islamic law and Sufi mysticism into a unified vision of religious life

The Wisdom of Al-Ghazali: Doubt, Devotion, and the Revival of the Soul belongs to the Sapientia Mundi Press series dedicated to making the world's greatest philosophical and spiritual traditions accessible to modern readers. Each volume combines rigorous historical scholarship with an engaging narrative voice, offering educated general readers a substantive encounter with thinkers whose ideas have shaped civilizations.

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