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Islam and Rationality
The Impact of al-GhazÄlÄ«. Papers Collected on His 900th Anniversary. Vol. 1
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This volume offers an account of AbÅ« ḤÄmid al-GhazÄlÄ« (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-GhazÄlÄ«âs work, which demonstrate his rational treatment of the QurʾÄn and major subjects of Islamic theology and everyday life of Muslims. Some other contributions address al-GhazÄlÄ«âs 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 López-Farjeat, Wilferd Madelung, Yahya M. Michot, Yasien Mohamed, Eric Ormsby, M. Sait Ãzervarlı, and Hidemi Takahashi.
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 López-Farjeat, Wilferd Madelung, Yahya M. Michot, Yasien Mohamed, Eric Ormsby, M. Sait Ãzervarlı, and Hidemi Takahashi.
Georges Tamer, PhD (2000), Freie Universität Berlin, is Professor of Oriental Philology and Islamic Studies at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg. He has published extensively on the QurʾÄn, QurʾÄnic hermeneutics, Arabic philosophy and its reception in modern times, rational discourses in Islam, and interreligious relationships.
Table of Contents
Georges Tamer
Introduction
Hans Daiber
God versus Causality: al-GhazÄlÄ«âs Solution and its Historical Background
Wilferd Madelung
Al-GhazÄlÄ«âs Changing Attitude to philosophy
Binyamin Abrahamov
Al-GhazÄlÄ« and the Rationalization of Sufism
Georges Tamer
Revelation, Sciences and Symbolism: Al-GhazÄlÄ«âs JawÄhir al-QurʾÄn
Frank Griffel
Al-GhazÄlÄ« at His Most Rationalist: The Universal Rule for Allegorically Interpreting Revelation (al-QÄnÅ«n al-kullÄ« fÄ« t-taʾwÄ«l)
Eric Ormsby
The Comedy of Reason: Strategies of Humour in al-GhazÄlÄ«
Taneli Kukkonen
Al-GhazÄlÄ« on the Emotions
Avner Giladi
Sex, Marriage and the Family in Al-GhazÄlÄ«âs Thought: Some Preliminary Notes
Yasien Mohamed
The Duties of the Teacher: al-Iá¹£fahÄnÄ«âs DharÄ«Ê¿a as a source of inspiration for al-GhazÄlÄ«âs MÄ«zÄn al-Ê¿amal
Ken Garden
Revisiting al-GhazÄlÄ«âs Crisis through his Scale for Action (MizÄn al-Ê¿amal)
Luis Xavier López-Farjeat
Al-GhazÄlÄ« on Knowledge (âilm) and Certainty (yaqÄ«n) in al-Munqidh min aá¸-á¸alÄl and in al-Qisá¹Äs al-mustaqÄ«m
Scott Girdner
GhazÄlÄ«âs hermeneutics and their reception in Jewish Tradition:
MishkÄt al-AnwÄr (The Niche of Lights) and Maimonidesâ Shemonah Peraqim
(Eight Chapters)
Alfred Ivry
Al-GhazÄlÄ«, Averroes and Moshe Narboni: Conflict and Conflation
Steven Harvey
The Changing Image of al-GhazÄlÄ« in Medieval Jewish Thought
Hidemi Takahashi
The Influence of al-GhazÄlÄ« on the Juridical, Theological and Philosophical Works of Barhebraeus
Jules Janssens
R. Marti and His References to al-GhazÄlÄ«
Yahya M. Michot
Al-GhazÄlÄ«âs Esotericism according to Ibn Taymiyyaâs Bughyat al-MurtÄd
M. Sait Ãzervarlı
Arbitrating between al-GhazÄlÄ« and the Philosophers:
The TahÄfut Commentaries in the Ottoman Intellectual Context
Bibliography
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Georges Tamer
Introduction
Hans Daiber
God versus Causality: al-GhazÄlÄ«âs Solution and its Historical Background
Wilferd Madelung
Al-GhazÄlÄ«âs Changing Attitude to philosophy
Binyamin Abrahamov
Al-GhazÄlÄ« and the Rationalization of Sufism
Georges Tamer
Revelation, Sciences and Symbolism: Al-GhazÄlÄ«âs JawÄhir al-QurʾÄn
Frank Griffel
Al-GhazÄlÄ« at His Most Rationalist: The Universal Rule for Allegorically Interpreting Revelation (al-QÄnÅ«n al-kullÄ« fÄ« t-taʾwÄ«l)
Eric Ormsby
The Comedy of Reason: Strategies of Humour in al-GhazÄlÄ«
Taneli Kukkonen
Al-GhazÄlÄ« on the Emotions
Avner Giladi
Sex, Marriage and the Family in Al-GhazÄlÄ«âs Thought: Some Preliminary Notes
Yasien Mohamed
The Duties of the Teacher: al-Iá¹£fahÄnÄ«âs DharÄ«Ê¿a as a source of inspiration for al-GhazÄlÄ«âs MÄ«zÄn al-Ê¿amal
Ken Garden
Revisiting al-GhazÄlÄ«âs Crisis through his Scale for Action (MizÄn al-Ê¿amal)
Luis Xavier López-Farjeat
Al-GhazÄlÄ« on Knowledge (âilm) and Certainty (yaqÄ«n) in al-Munqidh min aá¸-á¸alÄl and in al-Qisá¹Äs al-mustaqÄ«m
Scott Girdner
GhazÄlÄ«âs hermeneutics and their reception in Jewish Tradition:
MishkÄt al-AnwÄr (The Niche of Lights) and Maimonidesâ Shemonah Peraqim
(Eight Chapters)
Alfred Ivry
Al-GhazÄlÄ«, Averroes and Moshe Narboni: Conflict and Conflation
Steven Harvey
The Changing Image of al-GhazÄlÄ« in Medieval Jewish Thought
Hidemi Takahashi
The Influence of al-GhazÄlÄ« on the Juridical, Theological and Philosophical Works of Barhebraeus
Jules Janssens
R. Marti and His References to al-GhazÄlÄ«
Yahya M. Michot
Al-GhazÄlÄ«âs Esotericism according to Ibn Taymiyyaâs Bughyat al-MurtÄd
M. Sait Ãzervarlı
Arbitrating between al-GhazÄlÄ« and the Philosophers:
The TahÄfut Commentaries in the Ottoman Intellectual Context
Bibliography
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All interested in Islamic intellectual history, theology, and Arabic philosophy, and particularly in the relationship between Islam and rationality.