The Egalitarian Objection to Liberal EducationAnd Why the Liberal Arts Are Indispensable to EqualityBy Thomas Hibbs

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The Egalitarian Objection to Liberal Education

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 “manifestation,” tajallī denotes the appearance or disclosure of the divine names in physical forms. Similar to the notion of “theophany” in other religious traditions (with the philosopher Henry Corbin taking tajallī to be a synonym of just that),<a href="https://renovatio.zaytuna.edu/article/transcendence-and-tiktok#footnote-1">1</a> it means passively experiencing God “manifesting” Himself in the world. But “manifestation” has come to mean something rather different in the realm of contemporary popular spirituality—especially on its digital interfaces. Most prominently on the social media app TikTok, it refers to a popular trend consisting of supposedly supernatural means of attracting money, good grades, more followers, or even a wholesale “dream life.” Read the essay: https://renovatio.zaytuna.edu/article/transcendence-and-tiktok

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 &lt;p&gt;What does it mean to “manifest” something, or for something to “become manifest”? For those familiar with Islamic mystical terminology, the concept of &lt;em&gt;tajallī&lt;/em&gt; may come to mind. Often rendered into English as “manifestation,” &lt;em&gt;tajallī &lt;/em&gt;denotes the appearance or disclosure of the divine names in physical forms. Similar to the notion of “theophany” in other religious traditions (with the philosopher Henry Corbin taking&lt;em&gt; tajallī &lt;/em&gt;to be a synonym of just that),&lt;a href="https://renovatio.zaytuna.edu/article/transcendence-and-tiktok#footnote-1"&gt;1&lt;/a&gt; it means passively experiencing God “manifesting” Himself in the world. But “manifestation” has come to mean something rather different in the realm of contemporary popular spirituality—especially on its digital interfaces. Most prominently on the social media app TikTok, it refers to a popular trend consisting of supposedly supernatural means of attracting money, good grades, more followers, or even a wholesale “dream life.” &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Read the essay: https://renovatio.zaytuna.edu/article/transcendence-and-tiktok&lt;/p&gt;
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Transcendence and TikTok (Audio Essay)

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

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 &lt;p&gt;Sacred scriptures certainly qualify as Great Books, but can they be read as literature in secular settings?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Read the essay by Eva Brann- https://renovatio.zaytuna.edu/article/other-peoples-truths&lt;/p&gt;
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Other People's Truths: Reading Sacred Scripture in Secular Settings (Audio Essay)

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. Article by Marwa Al-Sabouni https://renovatio.zaytuna.edu/article/resisting-the-architecture-of-apathy Read by Lyba Hussain Produced by Faatimah Knight

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 &lt;p&gt;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. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Article by Marwa Al-Sabouni https://renovatio.zaytuna.edu/article/resisting-the-architecture-of-apathy&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;Read by Lyba Hussain &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Produced by Faatimah Knight&lt;/p&gt;
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Resisting the Architecture of Apathy (Audio Essay)

The dignity of man in his potential to be whatever he desires to be, this fifteenth-century Italian prince &amp; philosopher gave rise to the modern secular worldview that privileges self-actualization above all else.Essay by Esme Partridge

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 &lt;p&gt;The dignity of man in his potential to be whatever he desires to be, this fifteenth-century Italian prince &amp;amp; philosopher gave rise to the modern secular worldview that privileges self-actualization above all else.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Essay by Esme Partridge&lt;/p&gt;
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What Pico Thought—and What It Wrought (Audio Essay) 

A multimedia, multi-faith publication about the ideas that shape the modern world from the first Muslim liberal arts college in the United States, Zaytuna College.

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