{"title":"Books - Zaytuna Day Pop-Up 2026","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"agendatochangeourcondition","title":"Agenda to Change Our Condition","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #3b3b3b; font-family: 'Open Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif, Arial; font-size: 12px;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #3b3b3b; font-family: 'Open Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif, Arial; font-size: 12px;\"\u003eWe currently offer two editions of Agenda to Change our Condition. The first edition was published in 1999, the second edition has been expanded mexpanded. They both provide clear and effective guidance for rectifying our state as conscientious and productive Muslims.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #3b3b3b; font-family: 'Open Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif, Arial; font-size: 12px;\"\u003eAuthor: Hamza Yusuf and Zaid Shakir\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #3b3b3b; font-family: 'Open Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif, Arial; font-size: 12px;\"\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sandala Books","offers":[{"title":"Second Edition","offer_id":41214473699426,"sku":"978-0985565916","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1834\/5639\/products\/AgendatoChangeOurCondition.jpg?v=1558464348"},{"product_id":"thecontentofcharacter","title":"The Content of Character","description":"\u003ch4\u003eEthical Sayings of the Prophet Muhammad\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs a scholar, Shaykh Al-Amin Mazrui attempted to be a bridge between Islam and modernity. Shaykh Al-Amin’s choice of these favored sayings of the Prophet ﷺ in “The Content of Character” — translated and introduced here by Hamza Yusuf — was influenced by his effort to be a bridge-builder, especially between the values of tradition and the norms of modernity, between the wisdom of religion and the compassion of humanity. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Hamza Yusuf\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBinding: Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mecca Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40054261416034,"sku":"9780985565931","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1834\/5639\/products\/i-r99XLqV-2160x1440.jpg?v=1629559233"},{"product_id":"themuqaddimahanintroductiontohistorybyibnkhaldn","title":"The Muqaddimah: An Introduction to History","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan color=\"#111111\" face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"color: #111111; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Muqaddimah\u003c\/i\u003e, often translated as \"Introduction\" or \"Prolegomenon,\" is the most important Islamic history of the premodern world. Written by the great fourteenth-century Arab scholar Ibn Khaldûn (d. 1406), this monumental work established the foundations of several fields of knowledge, including the philosophy of history, sociology, ethnography, and economics. The first complete English translation, by the eminent Islamicist and interpreter of Arabic literature Franz Rosenthal, was published in three volumes in 1958 as part of the Bollingen Series and received immediate acclaim in the United States and abroad. A one-volume abridged version of Rosenthal's masterful translation first appeared in 1969.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;\"\u003eAuthor: Ibn Khaldun\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;\"\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ingram","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32705384577,"sku":"9780691166285","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1834\/5639\/products\/The_Muqaddimah_An_Introduction_to_History.png?v=1749078893"},{"product_id":"renovatio-the-journal-of-zaytuna-college-vol-i","title":"Renovatio: What's Real and What Is Not?","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"renoV\"\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eWhat's Real and What Is Not: \u003cspan class=\"subhead\"\u003eHow Metaphysics Can Help Us Understand Reality\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eRenovatio\u003c\/em\u003e examines timeless questions and today’s moral challenges by drawing from the enduring texts of revelatory faith traditions and current scholarship. This inaugural issue of \u003cem\u003eRenovatio\u003c\/em\u003e focuses on the crucial role of metaphysics in understanding the world, its source, and our place in it.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"tableC\"\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCan Our Science and Economics Honor Nature?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eOur insatiable desire to view nature as a material resource can only be repelled by acknowledging immaterial reality.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eWaleed El-Ansary\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDo Reason and Revelation Guide Us to the Same Good?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eFor Jews, Christians, and Muslims, confidence in what reason discloses as moral precepts is enriched by God’s act of revealing to us what he requires of us.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eRobert P. George\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCan Materialism Explain the Mind?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eSome philosophers believe materialism has now reached an insurmountable quandary in the question of consciousness.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eFaraz Khan\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBefore of What Comes Within from Without\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eDoes habitual exposure to digital images destroy the stillness of heart required for seeing God within our soul?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eMark Damien Delp\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOrientalists, Militants, and the Meanings of Jihad\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eHow widespread misuse of the term “jihad” creates confusion and misunderstanding about a core concept in Islam.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eAsma Afsaruddin\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Great Chain of Consciousness\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eWhy did many Muslim metaphysicians see the universe and all of its contents as alive?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eMohammed Rustom\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAl-Ghazali on Cause and Effect\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eIn his discussion on causality, did Imam al-Ghazali succeed in safeguarding miracles as well as certainty about the world?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eEiyad al-Kutubi\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhen a Metaphor Becomes Matter for a Christian\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eCan we use poetics to understand scripture?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eScott F. Crider\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIs the Matter of Metaphysics Immaterial? Yes and No\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eDuring the “Golden Age of Islam,” philosophy was at the heart of the Muslim intellectual tradition. Its decline coincided with the decline of Islam. Is that a coincidence?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eHamza Yusuf\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHamlet’s Soliloquy\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eHamlet’s downfall did not arise out of a wrong answer to the question he posed but out of the arrogation to himself of the right to determine his own existence or annihilation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eCharles Upton\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bookstore.zaytuna.edu\/collections\/renovatio\" style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eView the full Renovatio archive »\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Zaytuna Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":34055490305,"sku":"50290305","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1834\/5639\/products\/renovatiocover.jpeg?v=1494459113"},{"product_id":"renovatio-the-journal-of-zaytuna-college-fall-2017-vol-i-no-2","title":"Renovatio: The Distance of Our Differences","description":"\u003cdiv id=\"renoV\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eRenovatio\u003c\/em\u003e examines timeless questions and today’s moral challenges by drawing from the enduring texts of revelatory faith traditions and current scholarship. We publish essays that are both rigorous and readable so that anyone, no matter his or her intellectual interests, can weigh and consider the ideas we present. Our second issue focuses on the themes of pluralism and tolerance, considering that we live in a time when we are challenged and shaped by varied beliefs and practices. This Fall 2017 issue of \u003cem\u003eRenovatio\u003c\/em\u003e seeks to foster fruitful conversations that can help us arrive at a truer measure of the distance of our differences.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"tableC\"\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eLetter from the Editor\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eDespite the diversity of our countless creeds, colors, and cultures, our society has been subsumed into a monoculture of ersatz arts, entertainment, and consumerism. How can we recapture humanity’s once extraordinary individuality?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eHamza Yusuf\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWisdom in Pieces\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eScience, philosophy, and art have been blown apart, and our conversations have devolved \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u2028\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003einto chaos. How do we begin to learn the art of disagreement? \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eCaner K. Dagli\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe Silent Theology of Islamic Art   \u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eTo many, Islamic art can speak more profoundly and clearly than even the written word. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u2028\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eIs it wiser then for Muslims to show, not to tell?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e Oludamini Ogunnaike\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe Pinocchio within Us   \u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eDespite seeming differences, Pinocchio’s reality may almost be identical to our own, even if our noses do not threaten to grow longer at every misdeed.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eHina Azam\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eRules of Engagement  \u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eIn religious dialogue, are virtue and good manners (adab) ultimately as important as, or perhaps more important than, the eloquence of words and the rigor of arguments?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eMaria Massi Dakake\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhere Islam and Nationalism Collide  \u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eIslam contains teachings that clearly argue against the most important \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u2028\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eelements of nationalism.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eZaid Shakir\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eNotes on Nationalism\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe abiding purpose of every nationalist is to secure more power and more prestige, not for himself, but for the nation or other unit in which he has chosen to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u2028\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003esink his own individuality.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eGeorge Orwell\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eBeyond Racism\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eIn the absence of a critical assessment of the reality of race and racism in the history of Islam, Muslims remain susceptible to accepting broad generalizations of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u2028\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003ea colorblind Islamic history.  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eAbdullah bin Hamid Ali\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAmong the Disbelievers  \u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eHow does the “radical other”—the unbeliever, and not merely the wayward \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u2028\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eAbrahamic cousin—figure in Islamic discourses on toleration and coercion?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e Andrew F. March\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eLiberal Education at Zaytuna College\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eMark Damien Delp\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eLiberal Education at St. John’s College\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eEva Brann\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003ca style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/bookstore.zaytuna.edu\/collections\/renovatio\"\u003eView the full Renovatio archive »\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Zaytuna Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":5419149393950,"sku":"7447029919","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1834\/5639\/products\/renovatiovol2.jpeg?v=1513194467"},{"product_id":"renovatio-the-journal-of-zaytuna-college-spring-2018","title":"Renovatio: The Art of Being Human","description":"\u003cdiv id=\"renoV\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe nature of man, his difference from the animals, and his relation to the divine are topics that have preoccupied philosophers and theologians from ancient times. The Islamic tradition, like the Jewish and Christian traditions, holds that human beings are created in the metaphysical image of God. But modern society has discovered much to undermine man’s proud claim to distinctiveness through reason. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Spring 2018 issue of \u003cem\u003eRenovatio\u003c\/em\u003e asks what now remains that makes us distinctively human. Is it the stories we tell, our concern for an ethical life, or, even, the ensoulment of the human embryo? Read the thought-provoking articles and essays we offer from prominent scholars in the United States and abroad.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"tableC\"\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe Human in the Qur’an\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eHow four Qur’anic aspects of humanity combine to make man a distinctive creation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eZaid Shakir\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cb\u003eVirtue, Human, and Divine\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eCan the measure of human virtue be set by the character—or the names—of God?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eSophia Vasalou\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cb\u003eScience and Theology: Where the Consonance Really Lies\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eIf we keep in mind the limits of our methods, the deepest aspirations of the sciences and the most essential affirmations of theology are irresistibly apposite.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eDavid Bentley Hart\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cb\u003eHuman Being: Learning to Be Human\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eIf we let it, the modern world can alter our fitrah, or the perfection of our natural disposition. But the path to restoring harmony with our natures may be easier than we think.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eUmar Faruq Abd-Allah and Hamza Yusuf\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cb\u003eOther People’s Truths\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eSacred scriptures are Great Books, but can they be read as literature in secular settings?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eEva Brann\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn Ethos for All?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eWhy a medieval Christian theologian believed humanity, regardless of creed, could unite around a shared ethic.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eClaus Dierksmeier\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhen Does a Human Fetus Become Human?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eScripture and science, taken together, can lead believers to rethink our understanding of when life begins, of the miracle of revelation, and most certainly of abortion.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHamza Yusuf \u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Status of Woman in America\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe woman conserves those deeper moral forces which make for the happiness of homes and the righteousness of the country.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAnna Julia Cooper \u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Secret of the Morality Tale\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eOnly narratives can ensure our ethics take both intention and circumstance into account.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eCyrus Ali Zagar\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cb\u003eVanquishing the Monster Within Us\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen we resist the dehumanizing forces of war, we can see the sacred in all human beings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eChris Hedges\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cb\u003eSacred Truths in a Profane World\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCan an alliance of religious believers help humanity begin to emerge from an age of skepticism?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eRoger Scruton\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom Savagery to Civilization\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePoetry fulfills our humanity because it is the language that most makes human culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eScott F. Crider\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bookstore.zaytuna.edu\/collections\/renovatio\" style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eView the full Renovatio archive »\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Zaytuna Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":8219454275682,"sku":"9787447029919","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1834\/5639\/products\/Renovatio3.jpeg?v=1528215467"},{"product_id":"muhammad-his-life-based-on-the-earliest-sources","title":"Muhammad: His Life Based on the Earliest Sources","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMartin Lings’ biography of Muhammad is an internationally acclaimed, comprehensive, and authoritative account of the life of the Prophet. 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It represents the final updates made to the text before the author’s death in 2005. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAuthor: Martin Lings\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Softcover\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":13228493832290,"sku":"9781594771538","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1834\/5639\/products\/Muhammad_His_Life_Based_on_the_Earliest_Sources.png?v=1749078580"},{"product_id":"renovatio-the-journal-of-zaytuna-college-fall-2018-vol-2-no-2","title":"Renovatio: The Enigma of Language","description":"\u003cdiv id=\"renoV\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"m_-2010003817935093250x_MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn modern intellectual life, the definition of language remains unsettled. Is it thought—or, is it an expression of thought?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor the fourth issue of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRenovatio\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, we chose \"The Enigma of Language\" as a broad theme because the free and virtually limitless nature of language might be the stubborn holdout to the prevailing concept of a world without spirit. If we reflect on the reality of language, might we begin to renew our trust in both words and things?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"tableC\"\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cb\u003eSelf Addressed Speech\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eSpeech may be for communication, but when the soul speaks to itself, who is communicating with whom?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eEva Brann\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Listening of the Soul\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eSpeaking distinguishes the human, but the soul’s capacity to listen helps us fulfill our human potential.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eZaid Shakir\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Using the Brain You Gave Me”\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eWords may be the way that we learn and understand, but, shows Augustine through a dialog with his son, God is the only real teacher.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eGarry Wills\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cb\u003eOf Cannons and Canons\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eColonialism universalized modern Western education. As we wrestle with this often bitter legacy, why do calls to “diversify” what we read fall short?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eOludamini Ogunnaike\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Covenant of Language\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eIn an age when even the idea of truth awaits trial, how do we renew our trust in words and things?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eMark Damien Delp\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Wisdom of Lamentation\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe Book of Job doesn’t simply preach patience to one who suffers. Job’s speech—and his silence—dismantles platitudes and invites us to find resolution in an experience of God.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eStephen A. Gregg\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cb\u003eKnowledge, Truth, Being\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eWhen a knowing mind has known a being, do we arrive at truth?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eEdith Stein\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cb\u003eBreaking the Language Barrier\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe Han Kitab teaches that the Islam found in the Arabic and Persian books is only one possible way in which the Islamic revelation can be expressed.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eJohn Walbridge\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Centrality of Language in Islam’s First Years\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe early generations of Muslims, including the Companions of the Prophet, enjoyed \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003ean extraordinary relationship with the arts of language.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eAbdallah Bin Bayyah\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Liberal Arts in an Illiberal Age\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eWhen we lose the language arts, we lose our ability to understand the metaphysical implications of language and thought, and we are no longer free to think.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eHamza Yusuf\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cb\u003eCan We All Treat Blasphemy as Taboo?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eShould Muslims accept a moral perspective about blasphemy that’s grounded in liberal ethics?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eAndrew F. 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Dagli\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Truth a Building Speaks\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eTo be erected, buildings need more than brick and mortar; they need a hierarchy of crucial decisions, which ultimately reveal what we value.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eMarwa al-Sabouni\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bookstore.zaytuna.edu\/collections\/renovatio\" style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eView the full Renovatio archive »\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Zaytuna Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":18553230524514,"sku":"7447029919","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1834\/5639\/products\/Renovatio3_1280x1280_98df8111-8293-418a-a858-cc1dec67b117.jpg?v=1545329672"},{"product_id":"how-to-read-a-book-the-classical-guide-to-intelligent-reading","title":"How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eHow to Read a Book\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is the best and most successful guide to reading comprehension for the general reader, completely rewritten and updated with new material.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOriginally published in 1940, this book is a rare phenomenon, a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eliving\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e classic that introduces and elucidates the various levels of reading and how to achieve them—from elementary reading, through systematic skimming and inspectional reading, to speed reading. 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Scott Crider remedies this in The Art of Persuasion: Aristotle’s Rhetoric for Everybody by offering a simple, clear introduction to the art of rhetoric. He uses Aristotle’s Rhetoric to explain the nature and the parts of the art to the student and general reader who may not yet be ready to read Aristotle’s treatise itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfter defining and explaining what the art is—and why, counterintuitively, rhetoric is a good thing—the book examines the five subarts of rhetoric: invention, organization, style, memory, and delivery.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThroughout the work, Crider draws on ancient rhetorical masterpieces—especially Plato,s Apology and Thucydides’ Peloponnesian Wars—to illustrate the rhetorical principles explained, then asks the reader to apply those principles to Abraham Lincoln’s exemplary “Letter to Mrs. Bixby.” Crider concludes with a reflection on the central place of the art of rhetoric in the trivium, and in liberal education more broadly understood. Three appendices—two study guides and a bibliography—make the book an ideal resource for anyone interested in learning the art of persuasion. The Art of Persuasion: Aristotle’s Rhetoric for Everybody is characterized by an unassuming, admirable pedagogy.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan size=\"2\"\u003eZaytuna College Curriculum Series\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan size=\"2\" style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cdiv title=\"Page 1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis book is part of the Zaytuna College Curriculum Series, which seeks to help reestablish the primacy of both reason and revelation in Islam’s legacy of scholarship, and also to cultivate a welcoming and curious intellectual climate, by publishing texts from the Islamic and Western traditions that reflect their richness.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Author: Scott F. Crider\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eForeword by Eva Brann • Introduction by Hamza Yusuf\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eScott F. Crider is professor of English at the University of Dallas in the Constantin College of Liberal Arts. He took his Ph.D. from the University of California, Riverside, in 1994. An award-winning teacher at both Riverside and Dallas, he ran UD’s Writing Program and its Seven Arts of Language Program for several years each and has served as associate dean of Constantin College. His areas of specialization are Shakespeare and rhetorical studies, and he has written two other books: The Office of Assertion: An Art of Rhetoric for the Academic Essay (2005) and With What Persuasion: An Essay on Shakespeare and the Ethics of Rhetoric (2009).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBinding: Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Zaytuna Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":20154601111650,"sku":"978-0-9855659-8-5","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1834\/5639\/products\/Art_of_Persuasion_-_2.jpg?v=1556313325"},{"product_id":"shaykh-ahmadou-bamba-a-peacemaker-for-our-time","title":"Shaykh Ahmadou Bamba - A Peacemaker for Our Time","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eShaykh Ahmadou Bamba ranks with such apostles of peaceful militancy as Mahatma Gandhi, Abdul Ghaffar Khan, and Martin Luther King Jr. His adventures begin in the villages of Senegal in West Africa before he is thrust into the dense, treacherous, dark jungles of the French Congo and the pristine Sahara Desert in Mauritania.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe French who had control of much of West Africa, caught up with Bamba in the summer of 1895. Bamba seemed to know what was to happen to him for, the night before his arrest, he gathered his disciples together. The majority fervently pronounced that they were willing to launch a violent resistance and to die rather than allow the French to take Shaykh Ahmadou Bamba away. Bamba’s reaction was to state that in a war there are never any victors.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThirty-three years of exile, imprisonment and house arrest only fortified his spirit, as affirmed by his moving ubiquitous poetic expressions. His writings are seen as living texts that make them forever current. He petitioned God to ensure that the verse he composed “be an eternal source of happiness for whomever would apply its knowledge . . . and that it would lead the sincere aspirant to spiritual vision, and to unveiling of profound secrets.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis story of the role of African ‘natives’ and Sufi Masters in peace building breathes a fresh spiritual and intellectual air into the history of Islam in Africa in general and Senegal in particular.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKimball’s presentation of colonial resistance and non-violent social change is compelling and timely. This is an unprecedented account, through oral and written histories, into the life and times of a great poet and peacemaker. It is a book of universal import with a message of truth, peace, and the power of nonviolence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Michelle Kimball is to be congratulated in making the life and thought of Shaykh Ahmadou Bamba, the great Senegalese Sufi master of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, accessible to the English-speaking world. His spiritual life as well as peaceful combat against colonialism have much to teach contemporary Muslims. Her work also reveals the very important but often forgotten truth that classical and traditional Sufism did not belong only to what Westerners call the Middle Ages but continued into recent times and is still alive as a living tradition.” - Seyyed Hossein Nasr, University Professor of Islamic Studies,The George Washington University\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Careful yet compelling, this biography of West Africa’s great spiritual luminary is required reading for all who seek a devout alternative to modern fundamentalism and intolerance.” - Abdal Hakim Murad, Dean, Cambridge Muslim College\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Shaykh Ahmadou Bamba ranks with such apostles of peaceful militancy as Mahatma Gandhi, Abdul Ghaffar Khan, and Martin Luther King Jr. Kimball’s presentation of this Sufi shaykh’s espousal of non-violent social change is compelling and timely. Quoting frequently from Ahmadou Bamba’s own writings, Kimball weaves a narrative of anti-colonial resistance and social transformation. That such an activist voice could emerge from the din of colonial alienation is a testament to the enduring strength of the principle of peace in Islam.” - Professor Eric Ross, PhD, School of Humanities \u0026amp; Social Sciences,Al Akhawayn University, Morocco.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Michelle Kimball is to be congratulated for authoring this admirable book. I have benefited from reading this book, which has greatly helped me to know better about this Muslim Peacemaker who, however, is rather little known outside the African continent. It is my sincere hope that this book will be appreciated by many readers from different continents and different cultural backgrounds given the universal import of his message of truth, peace, and nonviolence.” - Osman Bakar, PhD, Distinguished Professor of Islamic Civilization and Contemporary Issues, SOASCIS, Universitiy of Brunei Darussalam.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Michelle Kimbal\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBinding: Softcover\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Other Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":20442423263330,"sku":"978-967-0957-20-3","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1834\/5639\/files\/ShaykhAhmadouBamba-APeacemakerforOurTime.jpg?v=1765398144"},{"product_id":"renovatio-the-journal-of-zaytuna-college-spring-2019-vol-3-no-1","title":"Renovatio: How Do We Know?","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"renoV\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Spring 2019 issue of\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e Renovatio\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (\"How Do We \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eKnow\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e?\") seeks to explore how a broader view of knowledge could change the way we understand our world today.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"tableC\"\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eMedina and Athena: Restoring a Lost Legacy\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe divorce between Athena and Medina explains much of what went wrong in the Muslim world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eHamza Yusuf\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy Jews Don’t Proselytize \u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"none\"\u003eIn an ancient world teeming with competing tribal deities, the monotheism of the Jews\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"none\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"none\"\u003ewas distinctive. Was it merely an accident of history that\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"none\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"none\"\u003ethey didn’t spread their faith?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-ccp-props='{\"335551550\":2,\"335551620\":2}'\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eReuven Firestone\u003c\/em\u003e  \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe Many Sides of Knowledge \u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"none\"\u003eIf the knowledge we gather is partial and limited, can we truly understand\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"none\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"none\"\u003ethe feelings and experiences of others?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-ccp-props='{\"335551550\":2,\"335551620\":2}'\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eSarah Barnette  \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe Soul of Rhetoric in the Age of Amazon \u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"none\"\u003eOur digital lives are so mediated by soulless algorithms that it seems absurd to\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"none\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"none\"\u003eimagine genuine human relationships governing our online interactions.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-ccp-props='{\"335551550\":2,\"335551620\":2}'\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eScott F. Crider \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eMust Religious Duty Conflict with Political Order? \u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"none\"\u003eTo secure the kind of religious freedoms Muslims desire, we must revisit Muslim commitment\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"none\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"none\"\u003eto religious pluralism and shared obedience to sovereign powers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-ccp-props='{\"335551550\":2,\"335551620\":2}'\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eRoger Scruton \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eTo See the World for the First Time \u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"none\"\u003eCan religious traditions help us see what is most mysterious in what is most ordinary?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-ccp-props='{\"335551550\":2,\"335551620\":2}'\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eSophia Vasalou \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat Islam Gave the Blues \u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"none\"\u003eThe blues is neither African nor Islamic—rather, it’s an African American creation shaped\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"none\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"none\"\u003eby some of the most enduring contributions of West African Muslims to\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"none\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"none\"\u003eAmerican culture.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-ccp-props='{\"335551550\":2,\"335551620\":2}'\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eSylviane A. Diouf \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCan We Live in Harmony with Nature? \u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"none\"\u003eThe roots of our environmental crisis are often neglected because, were they to be considered,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"none\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"none\"\u003eour worldviews and manners of living would necessarily have to change.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-ccp-props='{\"335551550\":2,\"335551620\":2}'\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eSeyyed Hossein Nasr \u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe Islamic Art of Asking Questions \u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"none\"\u003eMuslims of the past always tolerated permanent disagreement even about versions\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-ccp-props='{\"335551550\":2,\"335551620\":2}'\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"none\"\u003eof religious truth. Can modern Muslims recapture this tradition?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-ccp-props='{\"335551550\":2,\"335551620\":2}'\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eJohn Walbridge \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eBelief in the Obvious \u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"none\"\u003eAs truth seekers, we shield ourselves from sophistry through practiced skepticism.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-ccp-props='{\"335551550\":2,\"335551620\":2}'\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"none\"\u003eBut by wielding the weapon of incredulity, could there be another evil that we\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"none\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"none\"\u003eunwittingly invite?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-ccp-props='{\"335551550\":2,\"335551620\":2}'\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eJoshua Lee Harris \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eHow We Split the World Apart \u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"none\"\u003eWe often understand philosophy as secular and rational and faith as\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"none\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"none\"\u003etranscendent and irrational. But are the two really separate?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-ccp-props='{\"335551550\":2,\"335551620\":2}'\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eEva Brann and Hamza Yusuf \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBlessed Opposition \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"none\"\u003eThe principle of non-contradiction—that the same thing cannot both be and not be—is routinely denied in modern thought, but this rejection never confronts its real authority.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-ccp-props='{\"335551550\":2,\"335551620\":2}'\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eMark Damien Delp \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bookstore.zaytuna.edu\/collections\/renovatio\" style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eView the full Renovatio archive »\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Zaytuna Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":20496046129250,"sku":"7447029919","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1834\/5639\/products\/renovation-2019-3-1.jpg?v=1560365027"},{"product_id":"renovatio-fall-2019-vol-3-no-2","title":"Renovatio:  The Silence of God","description":"\u003cdiv id=\"renoV\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe Fall 2019 issue of \u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRenovatio\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e (“The Silence of God”) reflects upon how we continue to “hear” God, even after the close of revelation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCounting the Minutes\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eEvery single thing we do, every moment of waking awareness, every instant of our lives might carry value, be significant, and be ordered to some meaningful end.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eSophia Vasalou\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Sound of Silence\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eGod’s speech is real, true, and authoritative; the speech of anything else, in and of itself, is unreal, false, and unreliable.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eWilliam C. Chittick\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCan an Islamic Natural Theology Explain God’s Silence Today?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eIn our age of rage and reason, we must examine the implications of the God of Abraham remaining silent, even in the face of widespread rejection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eShabbir Akhtar\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDo We Mistake Our Passion for Truth with Its Possession?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eGod has given the Abrahamic family a window of opportunity to advance beyond sibling rivalry in the direction of fraternal cooperation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eReuven Kimelman\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePia Fraus: Our Words and God’s Truth\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eIs it possible that there are times when our words more faithfully reflect God’s truth because they do not conform or correspond to what happens to be the case?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eDavid Bentley Hart\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBreaking the Cycle of Oppression\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe tyrant in the palace and the bully on the street corner are easy to see, but spotting the tyrant within our own souls is far more challenging.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eHamza Yusuf\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMuslims Are Not a Race\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eMany intellectuals believe Islamophobia is a form of racism, but the ultimate presuppositions embedded in this view are antithetical not only to Islam but to religion as such.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eCaner K. Dagli\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Oneness of Being\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eBy affirming multiple levels to being, Islamic scholars rejected the flattening of being and the notion that a thing either is or is not.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eRosabel Ansari\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAfter Revelation, Where Does Reason Lead?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eWith the end of revelation, Muslim scholars established a framework that allowed us to continue to “hear” God’s word, without the pitfalls of pure fideism on one hand and free interpretation on the other.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eMohammad Fadel\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThings in Their Proper Places\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eIn Western philosophy, the conversation about justice has been long and winding. 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The text explains the central tenets of the Islamic creed and refutes erroneous positions of alternative theologies. The discussions are uncomplicated and unencumbered by technical terminology, and the positions of orthodoxy are presented with rational and scriptural evidence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eComprehensive notes by translator Faraz A. Khan accompany the text and, with the translation, provide a rare rendering into the English language of the extraordinary richness and enduring relevance of the kalam commentary tradition. Finally, a valuable appendix on the kalam cosmological argument discusses related issues in contemporary philosophy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout the Translator\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFaraz A. Khan\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis on the faculty at Zaytuna College in Berkeley, California. After completing undergraduate studies at the University of Texas at Austin, he moved to Amman, Jordan, where he resided from 2004 to 2011. In accordance with the criteria of traditional Islamic studies, he read classical texts with distinguished scholars in Ashari and Maturidi scholastic theology, Hanafi jurisprudence, prophetic narration, logic, \u2028and other religious sciences, receiving scholarly authorization (\u003cem\u003eijazah\u003c\/em\u003e) after seven years of full-time study. 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Gregg\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFrom Humanistic to Mechanistic Economics—and Back? \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eImplementing moral ideals in corporate settings necessarily requires us to dismiss the materialist pretensions of economics. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eClaus Dierksmeier\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eConversing with One’s Self \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs individuals, we must all face and absorb pain, but could a regular habit of personal writing help nullify or transmute our experience of suffering?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eSarah Barnette\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bookstore.zaytuna.edu\/collections\/renovatio\"\u003eView the full Renovatio archive »\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Zaytuna Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32068894228578,"sku":"4495081","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1834\/5639\/products\/Renovatio-7---Suffering-as-Surrender.jpg?v=1608576296"},{"product_id":"renovatio-are-we-one-and-the-same","title":"Renovatio:  Are We One and the Same?","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSay “Are they equal, those who know and those who do not know?” \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e(Qur’an 39:9)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eRenovatio’s\u003c\/em\u003e Fall 2021 edition focuses on the timely and timeless matter of equality. The pursuit of equality has been pervasive yet remains elusive. Do we have a shared definition of equality, and can we recognize each other’s humanity without imposing upon ourselves conformity? Writers of varied backgrounds and traditions explore the allure—and the shortcomings—of our more compelling constructs of egalitarianism.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhen Equality Is Not Enough\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eEquality is indisputably a central Islamic moral value, but preventing domination could be Islam’s most important legal principle.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ci\u003eMohammad Fadel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Human Arts of Graceful Giving and Grateful Receiving\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eExpressing thanks comes from good manners and also accrues future benefits. But is there more to gratitude than attending to politeness and seeking reward?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ci\u003eJoshua Lee Harris \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cb\u003eEqual To?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eEquality is a relation, but the most consequential relation in society is that between inequality and liberty.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ci\u003eEva Brann\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat Is the Place of Democracy in Islam?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eCan—and should—democracy be a deep commitment for religious Muslims?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ci\u003eAndrew F. March\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Egalitarian Objection to Liberal Education\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eFar from being elitist and aristocratic, the liberal arts can free the human soul in the pursuit of human flourishing and advance the cause of equality.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ci\u003eThomas Hibbs\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhy Salvation Means Submission\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eJane Eyre\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e, as both a domestic romance and bildungsroman, speaks to secular debates of gender, empire, and psyche, but the novel is in fact a deeply pious text.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ci\u003eSarah Barnette\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cb\u003eOn Divine Love\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eIn an age of angst and fury, we would do well to turn to piety rooted in a love of God.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ci\u003eFaraz Khan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cb\u003e“People Are Equal Like the Teeth of a Comb”\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eHow do we account for a common humanity in a way that does not lead to bare uniformity, whereby we must all be human in the same way?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ci\u003eRosabel Ansari\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cb\u003e“The Diversity of Your Languages and Complexions”\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eEthnic diversity serves as a sign of God, demonstrating that His ramifying creativity has been at work, and getting to know others enriches and enlarges the self\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ci\u003eJuan Cole\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cb\u003eA City We Can All Belong To\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe Factory Syndrome has frayed the social fabric of industrial cities. Can insights about urbanization by the fourteenth-century Muslim polymath Ibn Khaldun help remedy our current crisis of community?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ci\u003eMarwa al-Sabouni\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cb\u003eIs There Moral Equality Between Humans and Animals?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eLike humans, animals possess rights—but are their rights any weaker than ours?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ci\u003eClaus Dierksmeier\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cb\u003eSpirituality in the Postmodern World\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eHow ought traditional metaphysics grapple with “liquid” spiritualities that revolve not around objectivity but around the individual self, free from all doctrinal restraints?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ci\u003eEsmé L. K. Partridge\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bookstore.zaytuna.edu\/collections\/renovatio\"\u003eView the full Renovatio archive »\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Zaytuna Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39454274224226,"sku":"074470299196","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1834\/5639\/products\/Renovatio-Are-We-One-and-the-Same-square.jpg?v=1635293873"},{"product_id":"slow-reading-in-a-hurried-age","title":"Slow Reading in a Hurried Age","description":"\u003ch4\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\n\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWrapped in the glow of the computer or phone screen, we cruise websites; we skim and skip. 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David Mikics, a noted literary scholar, demonstrates exactly how the tried-and-true methods of slow reading can provide a more immersive, fulfilling experience. He begins with fourteen preliminary rules for slow reading and shows us how to apply them. The rules are followed by excursions into key genres, including short stories, novels, poems, plays, and essays.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eReading, Mikics says, should not be drudgery, and not mere escape either, but a way to live life at a higher pitch. 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The answer seems to be: Yes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eEva Brann\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIslamic Law and the Children of Adam \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMany contemporary human rights can be grounded in laws originating from Islam’s insistence on universal brotherhood.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eRecep Şentürk\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Logic of the Birds \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePoetry is perhaps unique among the arts for its capacity to combine seeming opposites into a totality that mirrors that of our own being.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eOludamini Ogunnaike\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Multi-Miraculous Verse of the Qur’an \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Rule of Law of Love, affirmed by the Qur’an, can resolve many of the questions that have bedeviled people and thinkers in the West and in Christianity to this day.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eGhazi bin Muhammad bin Talal\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCan We Think Deeply About Important Ideas Without Writing About Them? \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWriting that cultivates the ideals of intellectual and moral growth that motivate us must eschew the illusions of originality and detachment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eSophia Vasalou\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHow the Cult of the Self Undermines the Rule of Law \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe cult of the self, celebrated at the expense of justice, undercuts the foundations that make the rule of law and democracy possible.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eChris Hedges\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat a Pandemic Reveals About the Rule of Law \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEmergencies often require bypassing the rule of law, but the common good, in the long run, ultimately depends on legal predictability.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eMelissa Moschella\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Muslim Declaration of Human Rights? \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMuslims have long endeavored to produce a modern human rights declaration holistically rooted in their tradition. 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K. Partridge\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDignity Is for the Heart, Not the Ego\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eContrary to its usage in today’s public discourse, dignity is not something all humans universally have, but something that everyone must do.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eCaner K. Dagli\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAlchemy, Mythology, and Artificial Intelligence\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhere ancient priests used ritual to draw down a god to invest dead matter with powers for good or ill, modern science fantasists see the soul as a mere computer program and seek eternal life not in heaven or some cryonic vat but as computer software.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eLenn E. Goodman\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Untold Stories of Enslaved African Muslim Women in the Americas\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAmong the enslaved Africans in the Americas, Muslim men have garnered significant attention. But historical records can provide a glimpse into the lives of the forgotten ones: enslaved Muslim women.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eSylviane A. Diouf\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSing of Wrath\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs a starting point for Euro-American literature, the Iliad compels us to consider why our literary tradition begins with wrath. Have we brought a curse upon \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eourselves by starting this way?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eStephen A. Gregg\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMalice in Wonderland: Through the Looking Glass into a Strange New World\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA Renovatio public conversation about the modern self examines both the philosophical origins and the impact of the subversive sexual revolution we are witnessing today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eCarl R. 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Butterworth\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJustice, Nonaggression, and Military Ethics in Islam\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eTrue justice requires a commitment to temperate behavior and the exercise of self-restraint, even in the face of extreme provocation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cb\u003eAsma Afsaruddin\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIslam as One Thing, Anything, or Nothing\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eDespite often impressive erudition and empathy, Western academics attempting to\u2028“conceptualize Islam” miss something significant: that they must first identify a group of Muslims they take as a standard before theorizing their practice and their legacy.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cb\u003eCaner K. 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