This book examines the philosophy of al-Ghazali, analysing his conception of God within Islamic theology. Seeking to contribute to the greater understanding of Muslim thought, it analyses his ‘orthodox’ theory, based on the notion that the spiritual struggle (jihad) and philosophical enquiry are informed by the possession of firm science (‘ilm). Exploring a wide range of Arab texts and…
This book examines the contrasting interpretations of Islam and the Qur’an by Averroes and Al-Ghazali, as a way of helping us untangle current impasses affecting each Abrahamic faith. This has traditionally been portrayed as a battle between philosophy and theology, but the book shows that Averroes was rather more religious and Al-Ghazali more philosophical than they are usually portrayed. …
The Muslim thinker al-Ghazali (d. 1111) was one of the most influential theologians and philosophers of Islam and has been considered an authority in both Western and Islamic philosophical traditions. Born in northeastern Iran, he held the most prestigious academic post in Islamic theology in Baghdad, only to renounce the position and teach at small schools in the provinces for no money. His co…
Ramon Harvey revisits the Muslim theologian Abū Manṣūr al-Māturīdī (d. 333/944) from Samarqand and puts his system, and that of the Māturīdī school, into lively dialogue with modern thought.Combining rigorous study of Arabic Māturīdī texts with insights from Husserl’s phenomenology and analytic theology, Harvey explores themes from epistemology and metaphysics to the nature of Go…
Islamic Ethics and the Trusteeship Paradigm explores the emerging ethical theory examines the development of this modern Islamic theory of the trusteeship paradigm as developed by the Moroccan philosopher Taha Abderrahmane (b. 1944). The volume, with contributions in English and Arabic, examines the development of this modern Islamic theory of ethics and how it permeates various disciplines: ph…
Buku ini menelusuri kehidupan dan pemikiran Imam al-Ghazali—seorang cendekiawan Islam klasik yang menonjol dalam beragam disiplin ilmu, termasuk teologi, fiqh, filsafat, dan tasawuf. Penulis menyoroti perjalanan intelektual al-Ghazali, dari pengajar terkemuka hingga mengalami kebimbangan spiritual, yang membawanya memilih jalan mistisisme. Meskipun dikenal kritikus tajam filsafat dan rasional…
Ibnu Rusyd (Averroes) adalah filosof, hakim, dan dokter asal Andalusia (1126–1198 M) yang terkenal sebagai komentator Aristoteles dan berusaha memurnikan filsafat Aristoteles dari pengaruh Neoplatonisme. Ia membela keselarasan agama dan filsafat—bahwa kebenaran yang ditemukan lewat akal dan wahyu adalah satu—dan pengaruh pemikirannya meluas hingga memantik Renaisans di Eropa.
Buku "Al-Farabi: Biografi dan Intisari Filsafatnya" karya Ikil Pradigta membahas kehidupan dan pemikiran salah satu filsuf besar dunia Islam, Al-Farabi (870–950 M). Dikenal sebagai “Guru Kedua” setelah Aristoteles, Al-Farabi berperan penting dalam mengembangkan filsafat Islam klasik serta menjembatani pemikiran Yunani dengan tradisi keilmuan Islam. Buku ini menyajikan biografi singkat Al-…
Buku "Suhrawardi: Biografi dan Intisari Filsafatnya" karya Yanuar Arifin membahas kehidupan dan pemikiran filsuf Muslim besar, Syihabuddin Yahya Suhrawardi (1154–1191 M), yang dikenal sebagai pendiri filsafat iluminasi (hikmah al-isyrāq). Suhrawardi berupaya menyintesiskan filsafat Yunani, tradisi Islam, serta mistisisme Timur ke dalam suatu sistem filsafat yang menekankan pada pencerahan ba…