Ibn 'Aqil : religion and culture in classical Islam / George Makdisi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Makdisi, George, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ibn ʻAqīl, Abū al-Wafāʼ ʻAlī, -1119.

Ibn ʻAqīl, Abū al-Wafāʼ ʻAlī.

Muslim scholars--Iraq--Biography.

Muslim scholars.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 292 pages)

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2007.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

This biography of the Muslim scholastic and humanist Ibn 'Aqil (A.H. 431-513/ A.D. 1040-1119) sheds light on one of the most important periods of classical Islam, one which has had a significant impact on religious and intellectual culture in the Christian Latin West.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

Preface

Part One Ibn 'Aqil: His Life and Times

Section One: The Retraction and the Qadiri Creed

Section Two: The Biography of Ibn 'Aqil

Part Two Ibn 'Aqil and Scholasticism

Section One: The Organisation of Professional Higher Learning

Section Two: Theologies and Orthodoxy

Section Three: Main Currents of Ibn 'Aqil's Thought

Part Three Ibn 'Aqil and Humanism

Section One: Humanism and Government

Section Two: Humanist Disciplines and Topics

Conclusion

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 262-268) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4744-7063-7