Ghazali

Eric Ormsby is Chief Librarian at the Library of The Institute of Ismaili Studies, London. He was formerly Professor and Director of the Institute of Islamic Studies, McGill University.

• PrefaceAbbreviationsNames and termsChronology INTRODUCTIONThe SeljuqsThe “Schools” of LawThe Notion of KalamThe Mu‘tazili FactorAsh‘ari and the Three BrothersPhilosophy (Falsafa)The Isma‘ilisSufism 1 THE RISE TO RENOWNA Child of KhorasanThe Stages of his CareerEarly Studies: Sufi Masters and TheologiansJuwayniThe Patronage of the PowerfulGhazali at CourtThe Temptations of Prestige 2 DEVOTION TO THE LAWGhazali’s Contributions to LawThe Example of Analogy (qiyas)The Indolence of the LearnedShafi‘i: the Beloved ModelFidelity to the Law 3 THE DOUBLE-EDGED DISCIPLINE: GHAZALI AND THEOLOGYTheology vs PhilosophyAgainst a “Religion of Donkeys”Ghazali the TheologianThe Dogmatic Manual al-Iqtisad fi’l-i‘tiqadGhazali’s Mode of Argument in “The Just Balance”The Shadow of Ibn SinaA Human AccentGhazali on Divine NamesThe Absence of Insight as InsightA Manual for MeditationGhazali’s Attitude towards Kalam 4 THE POISON OF PHILOSOPHY AND ITS ANTIDOTEDid Ghazali Destroy Philosophy in Islam?The Seductiveness of SystemThe Exposition of Philosophy: the Maqasid al-FalasifaThe Attack: Tahafut al-Falasifa 5 CRISIS AND RECOVERYThe Breakdown of 1095Sickness and HealthAl-Munqidh min al-Dalal (“The Deliverer from Error”)Scepticism and Ghazali: His Early CrisisThe Significance of DreamThe Four WaysThe Decisive Break and the Departure from BaghdadBaghdad, the “Nest of Darkness”The Role of Ahmad Ghazali 6 THE REVIVAL OF ISLAMThe Character of the Ihya’The Architecture of the Ihya’ CONCLUSION: KNOWLEDGE IN ACTIONThe Return to TeachingDeath and Posthumous Career BibliographyIndex

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