Renovatio

08/05/2025

NEW AUDIO ESSAY: "Dignity Is for the Heart, Not the Ego" by Caner Dagli

Contrary to its usage in today’s public discourse, dignity is not something all humans universally have, but something that everyone must do.

08/05/2025

Seen as a personal vice, the larger consequences of po*******hy often fly under the radar. But this cheap imitation of intimacy does more harm than many realize. Hamza Yusuf and Amir Sulaiman discuss in this clip taken from "How Lust Ruins Love":

Acclaimed poet Amir Sulaiman speaks with Renovatio editor-in-chief Hamza Yusuf on lust, love, and the gulf between the two. Is love blind? 11:05Loneliness, l...

07/28/2025

Amir Sulaiman on the courage to pursue love:

05/28/2025

In a new essay, Jonathan Lyons explores how the scientific legacy of the Islamic world has been marginalized or erased from Western historical consciousness. He argues that the achievements of Muslim scholars during the classical Islamic period were foundational to the development of modern science, yet contemporary narratives often exclude or downplay these contributions. Lyons attributes this erasure to a blend of Enlightenment biases, colonial politics, and modern secularism, which together crafted a myth of Western scientific exceptionalism. The essay calls for a more honest, inclusive retelling of the history of science—one that acknowledges the collaborative and cross-cultural nature of human inquiry.

Significant knowledge transfers from Muslim societies to European ones were pervasive—and remain largely ignored in mainstream historiography.

05/08/2025

Professor of Catholic Studies, William Cavanaugh on why we fall in love with creation

Nationalism as Idolatry:
Why We Must Choose Between Elevating Religion or Country

Link- https://renovatio.zaytuna.edu/article/william-cavanaugh-nationalism-as-idolatry

04/15/2025

NEW: The Misunderstood Muhammad Iqbal by Hina Khalid

https://renovatio.zaytuna.edu/article/muhammad-iqbal-nationalism-pakistan

03/07/2025

Sacred scriptures certainly qualify as Great Books, but can they be read as literature in secular settings?

Other People's Truths: Reading Sacred Scripture in Secular SettingsBy Eva BrannSacred scriptures certainly qualify as Great Books, but can they be read as li...

03/07/2025

Love, affirmed by the Qur’an, can resolve many of the questions that have bedeviled people and thinkers in the West and in Christianity to this day.
https://renovatio.zaytuna.edu/article/a-multi-miraculous-verse-of-the-quran

02/28/2025

02/05/2025

Read an excerpt from DePaul University's theologian William T. Cavanaugh's article, "Nationalism as Idolatry: Why We Must Choose Between Elevating Religion or Country," and purchase the print to read his full thoughts on Christian nationalism
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02/04/2025

In the new edition of Renovatio, Juan Cole writes an essay on how Rumi and Shakespeare navigated forgiveness while holding space for the fullness of the human experience. https://bookstore.zaytuna.edu/products/renovatio-and-god-calls-to-the-abode-of-peace/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=renovatio_marketing

02/04/2025

In Renovatio's new edition, William T. Cavanaugh writes on nationalism as idolatry; Khalid Yahya Blankinship and Hamza Yusuf on Palestine's stolen history; Andrew F. March on whether any state has the right to exist, and much more https://bookstore.zaytuna.edu/products/renovatio-and-god-calls-to-the-abode-of-peace/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=renovatio_marketing