The Niche of Lights (Brigham Young University - Islamic Translation Series)
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0842523537
ISBN 13
9780842523530
Category
Al-Ghazzali's Books
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Publication Year
1998
Publisher
Pages
80
Description
Abu Hamid Muhammad al-Ghazali's philosophical explorations covered nearly the entire spectrum of twelfth-century beliefs. Beginning his career as a skeptic, he ended it as a scholar of mysticism and orthodoxy. The Niche of Lights, written near the end of his illustrious career, advances the philosophically important idea that reason can serve as a connection between the devout and God. Al-Ghazali argues that abstracting God from the world, as he believed theologians did, was not sufficient for understanding. Exploring the boundary between philosophy and theology, The Niche of Lights seeks to understand the role of reality in the perception of the spiritual. - from Amzon
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