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Sacred Truths in a Profane World

Apr 23

time5:30 - 8:00pm

locationZaytuna College, Le Conte Avenue, Berkeley, CA, USA

Free

2018-04-23 17:30:00 2018-04-23 20:00:00 America/Los_Angeles Sacred Truths in a Profane World Americans live in a diverse society held together by respect for constitutional government and secular law. We have an idea of citizenship as something shared between faiths, but we don't necessarily have a precise theory that integrates faith with citizenship. This gives rise to a belief that all aspects of the sacred and the divine can be privatized and removed from the public square. Now, when we witness the degradation of our culture, we don't believe we have a right to interfere, which leads to the dangerous idea that the secular state is a spiritual desert and not a real home for people of faith.  The British political philosopher Sir Roger Scruton believes religious communities must offer a vision of political order in which the sacred and the eternal are once again acknowledged as objects of our deepest desires. Join us for an enlightening address by Sir Roger, followed by an on-stage conversation with President Hamza Yusuf, about a renewed vision for the future of faith in American democracy. Reception begins 5:30 pm PST | Monday, April 23, 2018 Program and livestream begins 6:00 pm PST This is a free event hosted by Renovatio: The Journal of Zaytuna College Zaytuna College, Le Conte Avenue, Berkeley, CA, USA Zaytuna College

Americans live in a diverse society held together by respect for constitutional government and secular law. We have an idea of citizenship as something shared between faiths, but we don't necessarily have a precise theory that integrates faith with citizenship. This gives rise to a belief that all aspects of the sacred and the divine can be privatized and removed from the public square.

Now, when we witness the degradation of our culture, we don't believe we have a right to interfere, which leads to the dangerous idea that the secular state is a spiritual desert and not a real home for people of faith. 

The British political philosopher Sir Roger Scruton believes religious communities must offer a vision of political order in which the sacred and the eternal are once again acknowledged as objects of our deepest desires. Join us for an enlightening address by Sir Roger, followed by an on-stage conversation with President Hamza Yusuf, about a renewed vision for the future of faith in American democracy.

Reception begins 5:30 pm PST | Monday, April 23, 2018

Program and livestream begins 6:00 pm PST

This is a free event hosted by Renovatio: The Journal of Zaytuna College

speakers

Sir Roger Scruton

Sir Roger Scruton is an award-winning philosopher of politics and aesthetics. He has authored over 50 books on culture, philosophy, and religion. He received his Ph.D. in philosophy from University of Cambridge in 1972 and is currently pursuing his interest in the philosophy of music. He is a freelance journalist and a visiting professor of humanities at the University of Buckingham.

Hamza Yusuf

President

Hamza Yusuf Hanson is president, co-founder, and senior faculty member of Zaytuna College. He is an advisor to the Center for Islamic Studies at Berkeley’s Graduate Theological Union. He also serves as vice-president for the Forum for Promoting Peace in Muslim Societies, which was founded and is currently presided over by Shaykh Abdallah bin Bayyah, one of the top jurists and masters of the Islamic sciences in the world.

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Faraz A Khan

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Faraz A. Khan is a full-time faculty member at Z...

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Faraz A Khan

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Faraz A. Khan is a full-time faculty member at Zaytuna College. His specialty areas include Ashʿari and Maturidi philosophical theology (kalām), Hanafi jurisprudence (fiqh), prophetic tradition (ḥadīth), and logic (manṭiq). From 2004-2011, he resided in Amman, Jordan, where he studied traditional Islamic sciences with distinguished scholars, and received diplomas and teaching licenses (ijāzāt) upon completion. He has translated classical Arabic texts on theology, law, and ethics. He served as an instructor at the Qasid Institute, and also teaches for SeekersHub Global and the Deen Intensive Foundation.

Selected Works: Al-Shurunbulali, Abu ’l-Ikhlas Hasan b. Ammar (Trans. Faraz A. Khan). Ascent to Felicity (Maraqi ’l-Sa`adat). London: White Thread Press, 2010.

“Can Materialism Explain the Mind?,” Renovatio, Volume 1, Issue 1, 2017.
Nur al-Din Sabuni’s A Prolegomenon to Islamic Theology (Al-Bidaya fi Usul al-Din) - unpublished translation with annotation.

Nahlawi’s Uncovered Pearls of the Lawful and Prohibited - forthcoming translation with annotation, God-willing.

Sanusi’s Creed: The Matrix of Demonstrative Proofs (Umm al-Barahin) - unpublished translation with annotation.

Abhari’s Primer in Logic (Isagoge) - unpublished translation with annotation.

Education: Diplomas in Traditional Islamic Studies, Markaz Anwar al-Ulema, Amman, 2008-2011. Traditional Islamic Studies, Amman, 2005-2011. Classical Arabic Program, Qasid Institute, Amman, 2004-2005. BA, Biology, University of Texas, Austin, 2000.