Publisher: The University Of Chicago Press

Size/Vol.: A5_EXTRA (17.3x23.5 cm - 6.81x9.25 in)

Language : English

-Binding: Hardback

- Pages: 344

- Weight:: 624g

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- Aladdin M. Yaqubs annotated translation of al-Ghazalis "Moderation in Belief will ultimately be seen as a major turning point for the better in the history of Islamic philosophy. He engages the text directly, his eyes riveted on the arguments, which he unravels and reconstructs elegantly.

- Tzvi Langermann, Bar-Ilan University

- Given the significance of al-Ghazali as one of the leading Muslim thinkers in the Sunni world, its remarkable that this important text has not yet been available in English-language translation in one place. Aladdin M. Yaqub provides such a translation, splendidly reconciling the Arabic texts and augmenting them with accurate notes that offer a helpful guide. This is sure to become the standard English edition.

- Oliver Leaman, University of Kentucky

- Al-Ghazali is the most important philosophical theologian of classical Islam, and "Moderation in Belief is among his most important works. It sets out al-Ghazali's Ash'arite theology with unusual clarity and provides important background for such well-known works as his autobiographical Deliverance from Error and his attack on Avicenna in The Incoherence of the Philosophers. This first English-language translation, with notes that bring out the argumentation and background of the work, is thus very much to be welcomed.

- Peter Adamson, King s College London