Recovering a Role for Moral Character and Ascetic Practice in Religious Epistemology

Moral character and ascetic practice have not been major themes in contemporary analytic religious epistemology, but they the epistemologies of several influential historical figures, including medieval Islamic philosopher al-Ghazalı. This article will be concerned with place moral both al-Ghazalı’s epistemology epistemology. By reading al-Ghazalı alongside work, I aim to highlight some fruitful ideas about how could play important roles argue that exploration these may enriched via engagement recent developments mainstream virtue theory, pointing toward future avenues for such work.