Renovatio: The Podcast

<p>Cultural Devolution:<br>How the new victimhood culture rejects human dignity and divinity<br>By Hamza Yusuf <br>Read by Michael Sugich</p><p>"Cultures vary in their approaches to instilling a sense of right and wrong...

<p>Many 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...

<p>The modern world knows it faces a void of meaning—and in a strange recurrence of history, some secular intellectuals are now calling for various forms of paganism.</p><p>An essay by Faraz Khan</p>

<p>To many, Islamic art can speak more profoundly and clearly than even the written word. Is it wiser then for Muslims to show, not to tell?</p><p>Article by Oludamini Ogunnaike</p><p>Read here...

<p>Contrary to its usage in today’s public discourse, dignity is not something all humans universally have, but something that everyone must do.</p><p>Article by Caner K. Dagli...

<p>Some philosophers believe materialism has now reached an insurmountable quandary in the question of consciousness.</p><p><br></p>

<p>There is something paradoxical about that deepest and most original source of social organization—namely, the giving and receiving of gifts. </p><p>Read the Article...

<p>Science, philosophy, and art have been blown apart, and our conversations have devolved into chaos. How do we begin to learn the art of disagreement?</p><p>Read the article...

<p>Despite 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...

<p><b>The Egalitarian Objection to Liberal Education</b></p><p>And Why the Liberal Arts Are Indispensable to Equality</p><p>By Thomas Hibbs</p><p><br></p><p><br></p>

<p>What does it mean to “manifest” something, or for something to “become manifest”? For those familiar with Islamic mystical terminology, the concept of tajallī may come to mind. Often rendered into English as...

<p>Sacred scriptures certainly qualify as Great Books, but can they be read as literature in secular settings?</p><p>Read the essay by Eva Brann- https://renovatio.zaytuna.edu/article/other-peoples-truths</p>

<p>The way societies driven by profit and production design and build lived environments breeds an apathy that, unchecked, can only lead to the dissolution of human communities as we’ve known them. </p><p>Article by...

<p>The dignity of man in his potential to be whatever he desires to be, this fifteenth-century Italian prince & philosopher gave rise to the modern secular worldview that privileges self-actualization above all...