The Book of Knowledge
Book 1 of The Revival of the Religious Sciences
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- Paperback
336 pages
- Release Date
1 May 2016
Summary
The Book of Knowledge is the foundation of the forty books of the Revival of the Religious Sciences, Imam al-Ghazali’s magnum opus. In the Book of Knowledge, he defines knowledge, its relation to faith, theology, and jurisprudence. The book deals with the virtue of knowledge from both rational and traditional points of view. It elucidates the types of knowledge and the nature of people’s obligation to seek knowledge. Imam al-Ghazali defines jurisprudence and theology as branches of Islamic kn…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781941610152 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1941610153 |
| Author: | Abu Hamid Al-Ghazali, Kenneth Honerkamp |
| Publisher: | Fons Vitae,US |
| Imprint: | Fons Vitae,US |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 1 May 2016 |
| Weight: | 525g |
| Dimensions: | 228mm x 125mm |
| Series: | The Fons Vitae Al-Ghazali Series |
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About The Author
Abu Hamid Al-Ghazali
Abu Hamid al-Ghazali is, a native of Central Asia, was the best-known jurist, theologian and mystic of medieval Islam. Himself a teacher of Sufi initiates, he recorded his practical teaching in his great work, the ‘Ihya’ ‘Ulum al-Din’ (‘Revival of the Sciences of Religion’), from which the present work is taken. Dr. Kenneth Honerkamp is a professor in the Department of Religion at the University of Georgia at Athens; where he teaches World’s Religions, Islamic Studies and Arabic. He has published numerous articles on Sufism, and the lives and teaching methods of well-known Moroccan Sufi masters.
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