Ghazali: The Revival of Islam (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781851684144)

This fascinating work profiles Abu Hamid al-Ghazali (1058-1111), the foremost Islamic scholar and mystic of the medieval period. Attracting the patronage of the vizier Nizam al-Mulk early in his career, he was appointed head of the Nizamiyyah College at Baghdad, and attracted audiences from across the Islamic world, who sought his teachings on Islamic philosophy and jurisprudence. Eventually renouncing his position due to a spiritual crisis, he went into self-imposed exile, during which he wrote the Sufi masterpiece, "Revival of the Sciences of Religion". Concise and lucid, this is a perfect introduction to the great man's life and work.

Author: Eric Ormsby
ISBN-10: 185168414X
ISBN-13: 9781851684144
Publisher: Oneworld Academic
Language: English
Published: 12/01/2007
Pages: 160
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.79lbs
Size: 8.56h x 5.70w x 0.67d