Al-Ghazālī’s Heart as a Medium of Light: Illumination and the Soteriological Process

Abstract This article focuses on the centrality of the heart in al-Ghazālī’s (d. 505/1111) thought. More specifically, it shifts the focus from al-Ghazālī’s doctrinal position, at stake when he defines the heart—which has already received much attention—to the practical aspect of the heart, namely i...

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Published in:Journal of Islamic ethics
Main Author: Ferhat, Loumia (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2020
In: Journal of Islamic ethics
Year: 2020, Volume: 4, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 201-222
Further subjects:B Heart
B Ethics
B dilation
B Epistemology
B character-refinement
B Light
B Medium
B al-Ghazālī
B Aesthetics
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