Al-Ghazali: The Muslim Theologian Who Lost Faith in Theology

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Uploaded 11-08-26

Al-Ghazali was one of the greatest Muslim theologians who ever lived, though he almost lost his faith in a quest for certainty.

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00:00 Intro
00:55 Autobiography: The Deliverance from Error
11:36 The Revival of the Religious Sciences
13:39 The Incoherence of the Philosophers
18:00 Al-Ghazali, Commoners, and Elites
20:35 The Alchemy of Happiness
23:29 The Niche of Lights, "direct experience" of God, and monism
30:43 The Legacy of Al-Ghazali



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