Indeed, al-Ghazali’s critique of philosophy, and his reconciliation of Sufism and Orthodox Sunni Theology have been focal points for detractors over the ages, and have produced mostly polemical works. Approaching al-Ghazali’s scholarship in the framework of the prevailing conditions, debates, and challenges of his time can help contemporary readers navigate critical areas in his work that otherwise provoke narrow and unsympathetic readings.
This Zaytuna College conference seeks to revisit al-Ghazali’s monumental contributions in order to engender deeper awareness of their sophistication as well as to gain a renewed understanding of his works and his relevance to our present context. Al-Ghazali currently works at King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals. Al-Ghazali wrote on Neoplatonism and Hellenistic philosophy, theology, Sufism, and jurisprudence and legal theory, with each contribution having an impact on, if not defining, Muslim thought up to the present. Al-Ghazali’s scholarly contributions were immense: he authored more than 70 books and countless treatises, his methodological approaches influenced generations of students, and his engagement in his era’s critical debates continues to inform contemporary discourse. He has been called the Mujaddid (Renewer of Islam) of his time, and later scholars also gave him the honorific title Hujjat al-Islam (Proof of Islam). Zaytuna College, 2401 Le Conte, Berkeley, CA 94709Ību Hamid Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Ghazali is among the most brilliant intellectuals in human history and arguably the Islamic tradition’s most influential scholar. Al-Ghazali was fortunate enough to secure a teaching position in the Nizamiya College of Baghdad, one of a number of seminaries established by Nizam al-Mulk, the vizier for the Saljuk sultan, for the defense of Sunni theology against the Isma‘ili Fatimid caliphate in Egypt. REVISITING AL-GHAZALI: REASON AND REVELATION
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