Al-Sanusi

Author/Contributor(s):	El-Rouayheb, Khaled
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Date:	03/27/2026
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

The North African scholar al-Sanūsī (d. 1490) was one of the most influential Islamic religious thinkers and undoubtedly the most impactful theologian and logician from Islamic Africa. His works were extremelypopular until the modern period and are still printed and studied in the present day. al-Sanūsī is the first book in any western language to cover his life and the main contours of his thought. It covers his works on theology, ranging from popular expositions aimed at ordinary believers to more advanced contributions to Islamic theological controversies, his widely studied handbook on logic, and his discussion of ethics influenced by his commitment to Sufism.