2.3.6 Hierarchy and Islamic Ethics
What does it mean for Islam if only a male elite can achieve ethical refinement, at the expense of non male elites? (The Met/"Tumanba Khan, His Wife, and His Nine Sons")
2.3.5 Intellectual Contestations Video
Madrasa Discourses principal investigator Ebrahim Moosa and lead faculty Mahan Mirza discuss Ghazali and his place within the wider tradition. (Jean-Pierre Dalbéra/"Le Penseur")
2.3.3 Islamic Theology
This article from Islamic Philosophy Online presents an overview of the Islamic theological tradition and its contending schools of thought. (Ninara/"Mausoleum of Omar Khayyam")
2.3.4 The Silent Theology of Islamic Art
This Renovatio article suggests that Islam is best known not through books or discursive arguments, but rather through aesthetics. (InfoCan/"Shah-i Zinda Tuman Aqa")
2.3.2 The Myth of Intellectual Decline
Aburrahman Mihrig, then a graduate student at Harvard University, contests Shaykh Hamza Yusuf's assumption of Islamic intellectual decline. (Ashrf1979/"Bahāʾ al-dīn al-ʿĀmilī")
2.3.8 Thinking About Tradition (Supplemental)
One of the most sophisticated theorizations of tradition is found in the works of Professor Talal Asad. (Sonia Sevilla/"Imam Ali Shrine")
2.3.7 Astronomy and Astrology
This article from the Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met) in New York City shows how science can be studied in relation to many other disciplines. (Laurascudder/"Kitab al-Tafhim")
2.3.1 Reimagining Tradition
Professor of Islamic Studies Ebrahim Moosa proposes that tradition must be dynamic. (Adam Kliczek/"Hagia Sophia Medallion")
