2 weeks ago • Renovatio: The Journal of Zaytuna College

You can now listen to Sylviane Diouf's essay, "What Islam Gave the Blues" and experience the unique creation of this musical genre by enslaved African American descendants of African Muslims. 

What Islam Gave the Blues by Sylviane Diouf

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2 weeks ago • Renovatio: The Journal of Zaytuna College

How to have the most productive day possible according to Imam Al-Ghazali: 

Counting the Minutes: Productivity and the Well-Lived Day between al-Ghazali and Benjamin Franklin

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3 weeks ago (edited) • Renovatio: The Journal of Zaytuna College

God never tries a heart with anything more severe than plucking shame (hayā’) from it.
—Mālik b. Dīnār 

2 months ago • Renovatio: The Journal of Zaytuna College

Explore the ways God addresses humanity in the Qur'an in Imam Zaid's essay "The Human in the Qur’an":
 https://renovatio.zaytuna.edu/article/the-human-in-the-quran 

2 months ago • Renovatio: The Journal of Zaytuna College

Caner Dagli on what the Western academy gets wrong about Islam:
 https://renovatio.zaytuna.edu/article/islam-as-one-thing-anything-or-nothing 

2 months ago • Renovatio: The Journal of Zaytuna College

We’re saddened to mark the passing of Dr. Eva Brann, a philosopher, original thinker, and longest-serving professor at St. John's College. We are honored that she contributed nearly a dozen essays and conversations to Renovatio and graciously offered her insights toward the journal's formation. Dr. Brann will be sorely missed, but her wisdom and wit live on through her words.  https://renovatio.zaytuna.edu/authors/eva-brann 

4 months ago • Renovatio: The Journal of Zaytuna College

“Suffering and Character”: Sophia Vasalou tackles the profound question—when you experience crippling suffering is there room for moral choices?   https://renovatio.zaytuna.edu/article/suffering-and-character 

7 months ago • Renovatio: The Journal of Zaytuna College

"Alhamdulillah, our Islamic civilization is not dead. A lot of it is weakened, ossified, forgotten in some places, but it never died. And inshallah, intellectually, we’re going to see a revival." -Seyyed Hossein Nasr

 https://renovatio.zaytuna.edu/article/the-importance-of-being-earnest-about-islamic-philosophy 

7 months ago • Renovatio: The Journal of Zaytuna College

Contemplation of the essence of Islam reveals love as foundational to the religion and arguably its most intrinsic principle.
 https://renovatio.zaytuna.edu/article/on-divine-love 

7 months ago • Renovatio: The Journal of Zaytuna College

Read "On Divine Love: The Remedy for Existential Angst and Ideological Whim" by Faraz Khan
 https://renovatio.zaytuna.edu/article/on-divine-love