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Remembering Marc H. Ellis: A Personal Reflection

Series: Remembering Marc H. Ellis

Sara Roy
July 31, 2024July 31, 2024

Ellis cast a desperately needed light on a principled way forward in a post-Holocaust age with Israel as its center.

In Pursuit of Truth: Science, Tradition, and Renewal

Series: Madrasa Discourses

Dania Straughan and Mahan Mirza
June 29, 2017October 18, 2017

While religion, with its deep historical roots and foundational texts, may appear more infallible than science, can it too shift with new moral consensuses?

Madrasa Graduates: Children of Abraham and Aristotle

Series: Madrasa Discourses

Mahan Mirza
April 21, 2017October 4, 2018

Renewal takes place when two sources of knowledge—of the world and of scripture—collide.

Contending Modernities Goes to the Madrasa

Series: Madrasa Discourses

Mahan Mirza
November 10, 2016April 21, 2017

How can Islamic tradition survive as times change, not simply in new geographic or cultural contexts, but also in new conceptual universes? Contending Modernities launches a project for renewal.

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Remembering Marc H. Ellis: A Personal Reflection

In Pursuit of Truth: Science, Tradition, and Renewal

Madrasa Graduates: Children of Abraham and Aristotle

Contending Modernities Goes to the Madrasa