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On this page, you will find media resources related to Islamic analytic theology, philosophy and kalam theology. Any of the materials that can be located for the lectures, seminars, conferences and podcasts will be provided in the relevant resource page on this site.
The general videos section on the page are arranged in chronological order starting from the most recent.
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Video Resources from Academic Access
Video Resources from Debates in Modern Kalam
Video Resources from Debates in Modern Kalam
The Academic Access Show hosted by Dr. Shoaib Malik at the Fatima Elizabeth Institute of Islam, Science and Philosophy (FEIISP)
Video Resources from Debates in Modern Kalam
Video Resources from Debates in Modern Kalam
Video Resources from Debates in Modern Kalam
The Debates in Modern Kalam (GÜNCEL KELAM TARTIŞMALARI) is a programme headed by Dr. Mehmet Bulgen and the editing team on topics related to Islamic rational and analytic philosophy and theology
Video Resources from KR&M
Video Resources from Debates in Modern Kalam
Video Resources from KR&M
Video materials produced from the Kalam Research and Media (KR&M) project headed by Dr. Aref Ali Nayed on analytic theology and kalam
select Videos from Academic access
Plantinga, Ash'arism and Divine Simplicity
A discussion on Prof. Muhtaroğlu's recent paper on the doctrine of divine simplicity (DDS) and iterations within Mu'tazilite thought and their criticism by Ash'arite theologians and the resemblances such criticisms have to those directed at DDS by contemporary philosophers like Alvin Plantinga.
Causality in Islamic Thought
A discussion on Dr. Koca's recent book Islam, Causality and Freedom from Cambridge University Press surveying the various ways causality was conceived and discussed within Islamic intellectual history
The Atomism of al-Maturidi
A conversation on Dr Mehmet's paper on Atomism in the thought of the major Sunni theologian Abu Mansur al-Maturid (d. 333/944) and the various interpretations on that atomistic model.
The Kalam Cosmological Argument
Dr. Khalayleh expounds on one of the most iconic arguments to have emerged from the Islamic theological tradition and popularised in recent decades - the Kalam Cosmological Argument (KCA).
The Theology of al-Maturidi
Dr. Ramon Harvey discusses the foundational metaphysical and ethical doctrines of the great Sunni theologian Abu Mansur al-Maturidi (d. 333/9444) based on his forthcoming book Transcendent God, Rational World which reconstructs his theological system in order to engage contemporary theological and philosohical challenges.
Islam and The Problem of Evil
In this conversation, Saf Chowdhury discusses his forthcoming book Islam and the Problem of Evil on the problem of evil in Islamic theology and the various responses that have been given my Muslim scholars over the centuries. He also addresses varieties of evil hitherto unexplored by Muslims such as the problem of disability, the evolutionary problem of evil and the probelm of hell..
Causal Models and God
In this session, Dr. Moad expounds on divine causal models including mere conservationism, divine concurrentism and occasionalism and how they have implication for theology and epistemology.
Ibn Taymiyya and Reformed Epistemology
In this session,Jamie Turner discusses his paper on Ibn Taymiyya's epistemology and how that can be situated within what is called reformed epistemology as expounded by philosopher Alvin Plantinga.
Maturidism, Occasionalism and Free Will 2/2
Part 2 of the discussion on Maturidi occasionalism and challenges on free will.
Maturidism, Occasionalism and Free Will 1/2
Part 1 of the discussion on Maturidi occasionalism and whether this problematises human free will.
select Videos from debates in modern kalam
Prof. Richard Swinburne on cumulative arguments for the existence of God (40 years in the making!).
Part 1/2. Prof. William L. Craig on the Kalam Cosmological Argument. Includes a short video expounding the argument.
Part 2/2. Prof. William L. Craig on the Kalam Cosmological Argument. Includes the Q&A section and closing part.
select videos from kR&M (Maturidite theology)
Maturidi Kalam and Modern Challenges
Sh. Saeed Foudeh delivers a presentation on the various challenges the Maturidi theological school faces in conteporaery times.
Maturidite Theology and Human Free Will
In this presentation, Prof. Muhtaroğlu gives an account of human free will according to the Maturidite theological school incorporating views in contemporary neuroscience.
The Concept of Hikma in Maturidi's Pastoral Theology
Dr. Tubanur presents on the the concept, function and role of wisdom in Abu Mansur al-Maturidi's pastoral theology.
Into the Eschaton: Possible Animal Theodicies in Maturidite Theology
Safaruk presents on the various theodicies open to the Maturidite theologians on the pain and suffering of non-human animals and states that ultimately, many retreat into a mystery theodicy.
Videos on Islamic analytic philosophy, theology & kalam
What Analytic Philosophy can do for the Historian of Philosophy (2020)
In this lecture, Prof. Peter Adamson outlines the motivations, task and aims of the historian of philosophy and how analytic philosphers can fall into the error of assessing pre-modern philosophical deliberations and arguments in an anachronistic and condescending way.
Avicenna and Analytic Philosophy (2020)
Prof. Azadpour talks about his new book Analytic Philosophy and Avicenna outlining Avicenna's epistemology and empiricism that can be brought into illuminating conversation with 20th century analytic philosophers on knowledge, intensionality and metaphysics.
Mohammed Saeedi-Mihr on Analytic Philosophy of Religion (2020)
Prof. Saeedi-Mihr critically discusses the state of play of philosophy of religion within universities and seminaries with Sajjad Rizvi and Mohsen Fayzbakhsh focussing on Shi'i academic contexts.
God and Abstract Objects in Islamic Theology (2018)
A presentation on what possible responses Muslim theologians can give for what are called abstract objects - universal, eternal, immaterial and invariant entities - as accepting them would appear to compromise divine aseity. Delivered at the Centre for Islamic Research and Education (CIRE), London.
Islamic Occasionalism Conference 2013
Nazif Muhtaroglu (Al-Maturidi) : 1:00-19:00
Chryssi Sidiropoulou (Al-Ghazali) : 19:00-43:00
Ozgur Koca (Ibn Arabi) : 43:00-1:16
Caitlyn Olson (Ibn al-Humam) : 1:16-1:36
Hasan Horkuc (Al-Sunusi) : 1:36-1:46
Colin Turner (Said Nursi) : 1:46-2:00