Reclaiming Our Faith: Lecture 7 by Sherman Jackson

Sherman Jackson of the University of Southern California delivers a lecture entitled, "Whither the Modern Muslim: Negotiating Creed, Theology, & Spirituality". From the Zaytuna conference, Reclaiming Our Faith: Negotiating Modern Theological Fault Lines held in Anaheim, California on May 25, 2013.

Content Outline:
0:0:0 Dr. Sherman Jackson’s Introduction (Br. Muiz)
0:0:53 Dua/Opening (Dr. Sherman Jackson)
0:02:19 The First Point For the Listener
0:05:13 The Second Point For the Listener
0:08:33 Negotiating Faith in Modern America
0:10:50 Challenges of Faith (I): Youth Internalizing Distance from Islam
0:12:30 Scientism and Post Academia
0:14:08 Addressing The Faith Crisis of Scientism
0:18:37 Challenges of Faith (II): Social Sciences and Modern Rationalism
0:21:04 Islam Lacking Theology
0:22:21 Theology Lacking Authority
0:25:35 Challenges of Faith (III): Muslim Theology
0:26:20 Keeping Islam Relevant Going Forward
0:27:44 Looking Back to Go Forward
0:29:48 Making Allah SWT Obvious to the Believer
0:31:03 Transformative Islam
0:31:50 Closing Point (I): Theodisy
0:33:12 Closing Point (II): Theology in a Modern Context
0:34:49 Closing Point (III): Keeping the Spiritual State Healthy

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