The Egalitarian Objection to Liberal Education

And Why the Liberal Arts Are Indispensable to Equality

By Thomas Hibbs

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),1 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

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

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

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

Essay by Esme Partridge