Al-Ghazālī And the Ideal of Godlikeness - Hardcover
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780198912446ISBN-10:198912447UPC:9780198912446Book Category:Philosophy, ReligionBook Subcategory:Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Religious, IslamBook Topic:TheologySize:9.10 x 6.50 x 1.10 inchesWeight:1.0516Product ID:SCQPFFCBEB
Al-Ghazālī And the Ideal of Godlikeness
The idea that improving our character requires modelling ourselves on another will seem natural to many. But what might it mean to take God as a model for virtue? This book investigates how Muslim thinkers developed this idea against a rich backdrop of historical reflection on the topic and how one particular intellectual, Abū Hāmid al-Ghazālī, shaped the conversation. The idea that becoming...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780198912446ISBN-10:198912447UPC:9780198912446Book Category:Philosophy, ReligionBook Subcategory:Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Religious, IslamBook Topic:TheologySize:9.10 x 6.50 x 1.10 inchesWeight:1.0516Product ID:SCQPFFCBEB
Sophia Vasalou, Associate Professor of Philosophical Theology, University of Birmingham Sophia Vasalou studied Arabic and Islamic Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, and obtained her doctorate from the University of Cambridge. She is currently Associate Professor of Philosophical Theology at the University of Birmingham. Her published works include Moral...
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