3.1.5 Defining and Measuring Scientific Literacy
Is being scientifically literate more about knowing certain "facts" about the world, or is it more about how we reason through problems? (NASA/"STS-119 Launches")
3.3.1 History of Science History
Historians of science help us better understand the current moment. (David Kingham/"Clark Dry Lake")
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")
3.4.5 The Great Chain of Consciousness
Do all things possess awareness? (David Baxendale/"Golden Eagle Hunters")
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")
3.4.3 Why Science Needs Metaphysics
Science can't tell us whether science explains everything. (Fir0002/"Red sunset")
