Disc 1
LECTURE #1: "The Five Pillars of Islam"... How Should We Approach the Study of Islam?
1
Why Study Islam?
2
What Does "Islam" Mean?
3
The Hadith of Gabriel
4
Shahadah (Declaration of Faith)
5
Salat (Prayer)
6
Zakat (Poor-Due)
7
Ramadan (Month of Fasting)
8
Hajj (Pilgrimage) (+ Previews)
9
Disc 2
LECTURE #2: "Sunnah, Shari'ah, Sectarianism & Ijtihad"... Why Islam Seeks to Govern All Aspects of Life
1
Sunnah: a Blueprint for Life
2
Shari'ah: a Larger Body of Guidance
3
Other Sources of Islamic Law
4
The History of Islamic Law
5
The Difference Between Sunni and Shia
6
Ijtihad: Tradition Vs. Modernity
7
Ijtihad Case Study: Is Tobacco or Smoking Permissible?
8
Ijtihad Case Study: The Jurists' View On AIDS
9
Ijtihad Case Study: Abortion
10
Ijtihad Case Study: Contraception
11
Ijtihad Case Study: Artificial Insemination (+ Previews)
12
Disc 3
LECTURE #3: "Scriptural Links Between Judaism, Christianity & Islam"... Islam Is the Closest Religion to Christianity
1
Comparison of Salvation History and Law With Judaism
2
Anti-Semitism In the New Testament?
3
The Qur'anic View of Jews / Historical Muslim Tolerance of Jews
4
The Affect of Zionism On Contemporary Tolerance of Jews
5
The Muslim Concept of Prophethood
6
Similarities and Differences In the Story of Prophet David
7
Similarities and Differences In the Story of Prophet Moses
8
Similarities and Differences In the Story of Prophet Abraham
9
Why Medieval Muslims Were Interested in Christianity
10
What the Qur'an Says About Christianity
11
What the Qur'an Says About the Virgin Mary
12
What the Qur'an Says About Jesus
13
Muslim-Christian Interaction In Medieval Times (+ Previews)
14
Disc 4
LECTURE #4: "Muslim-Christian Views of One Another"... The First Christian Book About Islam
1
Medieval Western Views of Islam
2
Present-Day Dialogue Between the Faiths
3
The Understanding of God
4
The Christian Response to the New Image of Jesus the Jew
5
Gender Specificity In Christian and Islamic Theology
6
We Are No Longer Each Other's Enemy
7
Q&A: the Qur'anic Use of "He", "We" and "Our"?
8
Q&A: "Rahman" Derived from the Womb?
9
Q&A: Does Christian Doctrine Explicitly Say God Is Male?
10
Q&A: the Significance of the Black Stone?
11
Q&A: Is the Hajj Intolerably Overcrowded Today? (+ Previews)
12
Disc 5
LECTURE #5: "Muslim Theology & Islamic Mysticism"... Faith Vs. Reason: Can There Be an Islamic Philosophy?
1
How Is God to Be Known?
2
Free Will Vs. Determinism
3
The Problem of Evil
4
Why the World Exists
5
Why Human Beings Exist
6
Hima: the Longing for Return
7
Overcoming Heedlessness
8
Thikr and Fikr
9
The Daily Prayers As a Thikr
10
Other Formulas of Thikr
11
Wird: a Collective Thikr
12
The Spiritualizing Effects of Thikr
13
The Whirling Dervish
14
The Use of Music In Spiritual Healing
15
The 99 Names of God As a Thikr
16
Irshad: Spiritual Guides
17
Fakr: the Obligation of Poverty
18
Differences In Medieval Muslim and Christian Conceptions of Renunciation
19
Tuwakkuh: Reliance On God
20
The Final Stages of the Spiritual Journey (+ Previews)
21
Disc 6
LECTURE #6: "The Muslim Influence on Europe & the West"... Muslim Control Over the Trade Routes
1
Muslim Settlements In the Northern Mediterranean
2
Arab Goods Imported By Europe
3
The Early Arab Muslims As a Great Maritime Nation
4
The Muslim Influence On Agriculture and Mining
5
The Muslim Influence On Music and Poetry
6
The Introduction of Paper Into Europe
7
The Muslim Influence On Science, Mathematics and Medicine
8
The European Perspective On Muslim Influences
9
The Role of the Jews
10
12th Century Appreciation of the Arabic Sciences
11
Astronomy
12
Medicine
13
Philosophy
14
The Political Ramifications
15
The Crusades
16
Q&A: the Guitar, the Origin of Zero and Large Caravans
17
Q&A: Stereotypes Go Both Ways
18
Q&A: the Crusader Army (+ Previews)
19