Abu Hamid Muhammad al-Ghazali (1058-1111) was one of the foremost intellects of medieval Islam. Personal discontent with scholastic orthodoxy led him to mysticism and the writing of a monumental work which harmonized the tendencies of both orthodoxy...

Medieval Islam's great lawyer, theologian, and mystic, al-Ghazali is known to Muslims as hujjat al-Islam, "the proof of Islam." The appellation refers to his role in defending "orthodox" Islam and to his refutation of doctrines he regarded as contrary...

Al-GhazĀlĪ, MuḤammad(450 or 451 Ah [1058 or 1059 Ce]–505 Ah [1111 Ce]) Muḥammad al-Ghazālī (in Persian, "Ghazālī"), the Islamic theologian known to medieval Scholastics as...

Al-Ghaz s Unique Unknowable God. Leiden, Netherlands: Brill,...

GHAZĀLI, ABŪ ḤĀMID AL- (AH 450–505/1058–1111 CE), named Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad, was the distinguished Islamic jurist, theologian, and mystic who was given the honorific title...

For the influential Egyptian Islamic scholar who lived from 1917-1996, see Mohammed al-Ghazali. Abu Hāmed Mohammad ibn Mohammad al-Ghazzālī (1058-1111) (Persian: ابو حامد محمد ابن محمد الغزالی), known as Algazel to the...

It is a fundamental doctrine of the Abrahamic religions, following from the belief in God as the creator, that He is the primary cause of all natural phenomena. Some, however, have gone further, to claim that God is the only cause. Consequently, there...

The "major Islamic philosophers," writes Deborah Black, "produced no works dedicated to aesthetics, although their writings do address issues that contemporary philosophers might study under that heading." (1) The aim of this essay is to show how classical Islamic philosophy may be studied...

In the following essay, the critic examines aspects of al-Ghazālī's life, travels, and studies which readily influenced his theological positions.

In the following excerpt, Hourani analyzes al-Ghazālī's theory that rules for action derive from revelation and cannot be learned through reasoning independently.

In the following excerpt, Daniel explains why al-Ghazālī embraced Sufism and compares and contrasts The Alchemy of Happiness with The Revivification of the Religious Sciences.