Islam, Scholarship, and Modernity: An Interview with Dr. Javad Hashmi—Part I
Can a historical-critical lens affect how we understand early Islam, and what it means to be a Muslim today?
Can a historical-critical lens affect how we understand early Islam, and what it means to be a Muslim today?
Modernity, in its rebellion against Christianity, embarked on a path to ruin. Unless the spirit of modernity perceives itself as being in a place of need, hostility towards Christian values will continue.
When firmly set within the framework of liberalism, human ‘progress’ is largely understood as the ongoing process of privileging technique and technological advancement to eliminate suffering—suffering chiefly seen as pain.
All that is gold does not glitter,
not all those who wander are lost.
What we see in the world of artifice—on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook—is the substitution of the person with a manufactured icon; a shallow image reflected back in the clear pool.
Africa is the ultimate ‘red pill.’ Fundamental facts and basic truths lying just under a thin surface of dusty terrain are easily laid bare because they are not hidden under thick concrete layers of distortions and lies repeated over and over.
The God of Genesis may have promised never again to send a flood upon the whole earth; but he did not promise not to send capitalism.
In the wake of the Anglican Church’s move to phase out the parish system, an informal group called Save the Parish is asserting the importance of local worship and of retaining sacred places set aside for devotion.
Today, we might find Dune’s imagery allegorical. The world, or the public sphere, has in many respects been rendered inhospitable. The once baroque diversity of cultural forms has been drastically reduced. A desertscape has replaced the lush filigree characteristic of more traditional societies.
Kinneging’s book is fundamentally meant to get the reader to read good books again, especially Plato, Aristotle, Augustine, and Aquinas.
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