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al-Ghazālī | Further Reading

FURTHER READING

CRITICISM

Alon, Ilai. “Al-Ghazālī on Causality.” Journal of the American Oriental Society 100, no. 4 (October-December 1980): 397-405.

Contends that al-Ghazālī was not totally opposed to causality, as is widely thought, but accepting of compromise on the issue.

Bello, Iysa A. “Ijma' in the Concept of Ghazālī.” In The Medieval Islamic Controversy between Philosophy and Orthodoxy: Ijma' and Ta'wil in the Conflict between Al-Ghazālī and Ibn Rushd, pp. 29-43. Leiden, The Netherlands: E. J. Brill, 1989.

Discusses al-Ghazālī's arguments concerning ijma', which he defines as “the consensus of the community of Muhammad, particularly upon a religious matter.”

Donaldson, Dwight M. “The Ethical Teachings of Al-Ghazālī.” In Studies in Muslim Ethics, pp. 134-65. London: S. P. C. K., 1953.

Discusses al-Ghazālī's views on assorted topics including...

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