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Books > Religion & Spirituality > Aspects of religions (non-Christian) > Theology > General
Al-Ghazali (d. 505/1111) is one of the most influential thinkers of
Islam. There is hardly a genre of Islamic literature where he is
not regarded as a major authority. Islamic Law, Sufism, ethics,
philosophy, and theology are all deeply shaped by him. Yet in the
past thirty years, the field of Ghazali-studies has been shaken by
the realization that Avicenna (Ibn Sina, d. 428/1037) and other
philosophers had a strong influence on him. Now, after the 900th
anniversary at his death, the field emerges stronger than ever.
This second volume of Islam and Rationality: The Impact of
al-Ghazali brings together twelve leading experts on al-Ghazali who
write about his thought and the impact it had on later Muslim
thinkers. Contributors are: Anna Ayse Akasoy, Ahmed El Shamsy,
Kenneth Garden, Frank Griffel, Jules Janssens, Damien Janos, Taneli
Kukkonen, Stephen Ogden, M. Sait OEzervarli, Martin Riexinger,
Ulrich Rudolph, and Ayman Shihadeh.
By considering transformative ideas and experiences which are
explicitly articulated or implicitly structured in languages of
religion and spirituality, Alternative Salvations probes concepts
including 'religious', 'secular', 'spiritual', 'post-Christian',
and 'post-secular', providing a series of studies which question
the functionality of these broad categories. Part one draws on
contemporary salvation narratives showing how current cultural
forms, social practices and secular discourses are influenced by,
or are interpreted through, the lens of religious and theological
accounts of salvation. Examples include twelve step recovery
programs, drug culture, and public policy surrounding HIV-AIDs in
Kenya. Although outside traditional religious contexts, the
contributors show ways in which they are not free from religious
symbolism. Part two explores alternative accounts of salvation
rooted in religious traditions. Established orthodoxies are
confronted by contemporary critical questions, for example about
gender, the status of animals, and the political dimensions of
salvation. By contributing new perspectives and unique case
studies, Alternative Salvations provides a deliberate challenge to
easy binaries which often underpin contemporary and traditional
discourses of salvation.
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The Harmony of the Divine Attributes, in the Contrivance and Accomplishment of Man's Redemption by the Lord Jesus Christ. Or, Discourses, Wherein is Shewed, How the Wisdom, Mercy, Justice, Holiness, Power and Truth of God Are Glorified in That Great...
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