Samer Akkach

'Abd Al-Ghani Al-Nabulusi: Islam and the Enlightenment

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In this unique look at a key figure in the Islamic enlightenment, Samer Akkach examines the life and works of 'Abd al-Ghani al-Nabulusi of Damascus.

Produktdetails

• Makers of the Muslim World
• Verlag: Oneworld Publications
• New
• Seitenzahl: 176
• Erscheinungstermin: Mai 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 217mm x 156mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 294g
• ISBN-13: 9781851685080
• ISBN-10: 1851685081
• Artikelnr.: 21020044

Autorenporträt

Samer Akkach is Senior Lecturer in Architecture, History, and Theory, and Founding Director of the Centre for Asian and Middle Eastern Architecture (CAMEA) at the University of Adelaide, Australia.

Inhaltsangabe

INTRODUCTION
Unresolved Dilemma
Approach
 
PART I HIS LIFE: A VIEW FROM WITHIN
Saintly Predictions
A Family with One Saint
Calculated Performance
Spiritual Call
On the Sufi Path
Journeys
 
PART II HIS THOUGHT: A VIEW FROM WITHOUT
Heavenly Inspirations, Rational Insights
Faith and Reason
Enlightenment and the Primacy of Reason
Islam and the Continuity of Tradition
God in a Mechanical Universe
The Human Reality
Religion and Otherness
The Emergence of the Public
 
PART III HIS LEGACY: A VIEW FROM A DISTANCE
Departing Damascus
An Advocate of Truth
 
Biographical Sources
Selected Bibliography
Index