Ghazali: The Revival of Islam

by Eric Ormsby

This fascinating work profiles Abu Hamid al-Ghazali (1058-1111), the foremost Islamic scholar and mystic of the medieval period. Attracting the patronage of the vizier Nizam al-Mulk early in his career, he was appointed head of the Nizamiyyah College at Baghdad, and attracted audiences from across the Islamic world, who sought his teachings on Islamic philosophy and jurisprudence. Eventually renouncing his position due to a spiritual crisis, he went...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 185168414X
• ISBN13: 9781851684144
• Release Date: December 2007
• Publisher: Oneworld Academic
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.7" x 8.6"