In 11th century Baghdad, the brilliant scholar al-Ghazl stood at the peak of intellectual achievement---and discovered that knowing about God wasn't the same as knowing God. His crisis, and the path he found through it, opened a way for the world to hold both rigorous reason and deep spirituality without choosing between them. In a time when we're still told we must pick sides---rational or faithful, scientific or spiritual---his life reminds us that these have never been opposites. They're partners. And we need both.

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