Al-Ghazālī
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- Series: Dictionary of World Biography: Middle Ages
- Categories: Religion, Ethics
- Subcategories: Authors, Writers, Theology, Theologians, Islam, Muslims, Mosques
- Curriculum: Middle Eastern History
Article abstract: Al-Ghazālī is widely regarded as the greatest theologian of Islam; his thought and writing bridged the gap between the Scholastic and the mystical interpretations of religion and formed an ethical and moral structure that has endured.
Early Life
Abū Hāmid Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Tūsī al-Ghazzālī was one of a number of children born to a prominent family of the Ghazala, specialists distinguished for their knowledge of Muslim canon law (Shariʿa). Although little is known of his childhood, his pattern of education strongly...
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