Al-Ghazālī's Unspeakable Doctrine of the Soul
Unveiling the Esoteric Psychology and Eschatology of the Iḥyāʾ
Biographical note
Timothy J. Gianotti, Ph.D. (1998) in Medieval Islamic Philosophy and Theology, University of Toronto, is an Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Penn State University, where he teaches a variety of courses in Islamic Intellectual History, Mysticism, and Comparative Religion. His primary research interests involve classical Islamic understandings of psychology, epistemology, and eschatology.
Readership
Readers interested in Islamic Philosophy, Islamic Theology, and Islamic Mysticism (Sufism), as well as those more generally interested in Islamic Intellectual History and Medieval Studies.
Reviews
"...this study [...]contains excellent biographies of canonical writers, synopses of their works, and overviews of historial periods...the book represents a contribution to ecumenism by making little-studied Byzantine and Eastern canonical authors more comprehensible to a wider audience and inviting a proper assessment of their work."
Patrick Viscuso, Speculum, 2004.
Patrick Viscuso, Speculum, 2004.
Table of contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction, Methodology and Overview
1. All Things to All People? Deciphering al-Ghazālī’s Doctrine of Discourse
2. Al- Ghazālī’s Dogmatic/Theological (kalāmī) Formulation of the Soul
3. Al- Ghazālī’s Condemnation of the Philosophical Psychology and Eschatology in the Incoherence of the Philosophers (Tahāfut al-falāsifa)
4. The Heart (al-qalb) and al- Ghazālī’s Mystical Discussions of the Soul
5. Through a Looking Glass: The Heart Reflected in al- Ghazālī’s Mystical Cosmology
6. The Wayfarer’s Final Journey: al- Ghazālī’s Esoteric Eschatology (conclusion)
Appendix: Translation and Commentary: The Epistle of Presence
Bibliography
Index of Topics, Terms, and Proper Names
Introduction, Methodology and Overview
1. All Things to All People? Deciphering al-Ghazālī’s Doctrine of Discourse
2. Al- Ghazālī’s Dogmatic/Theological (kalāmī) Formulation of the Soul
3. Al- Ghazālī’s Condemnation of the Philosophical Psychology and Eschatology in the Incoherence of the Philosophers (Tahāfut al-falāsifa)
4. The Heart (al-qalb) and al- Ghazālī’s Mystical Discussions of the Soul
5. Through a Looking Glass: The Heart Reflected in al- Ghazālī’s Mystical Cosmology
6. The Wayfarer’s Final Journey: al- Ghazālī’s Esoteric Eschatology (conclusion)
Appendix: Translation and Commentary: The Epistle of Presence
Bibliography
Index of Topics, Terms, and Proper Names
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