Dr. Oludamini Ogunnaike, " “God is beautiful and loves beauty":The 2022 Hassan Lecture: Faculty of Arts and Humanities: Nov 24,2022

 YouTube Video:

https://youtu.be/35iZ2XlFPUU?si=vzEr7-A1IwJJ0uzg

The inaugural Hanny and Najet Hassan Lecture by Dr. Oludamini Ogunnaike, “God is beautiful and loves beauty: The significance and importance of the Islamic arts" (October 14, 2022). This lecture, which coincides with Canadian Islamic Heritage month, offers an opportunity for the Western and London community to join together, in learning more about the culture, societies, and rich intellectual history of the Islamic and Arab world. Held at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Western University. This lecture, which coincides with Canadian Islamic Heritage month, offers an opportunity for the Western and London community to join together, in learning more about the culture, societies, and rich intellectual history of the Islamic and Arab world. Oludamini Ogunnaike is an Associate Professor of African Religious Thought and Democracy at the University of Virginia. His research examines the intellectual and artistic dimensions of postcolonial, colonial, and pre-colonial Islamic and indigenous religious traditions of West and North Africa, especially Sufism and Ifa. He is the author of Deep Knowledge: Ways of Knowing in Sufism and Ifa, Two West African Intellectual Traditions (Penn State University Press, 2020) and Poetry in Praise of Prophetic Perfection: West African Madīḥ Poetry and its Precedents (Islamic Texts Society, 2020). Ogunnaike earned his Ph.D. in African and African American Studies and Religion at Harvard University. Prior to his appointment at UVA, he taught at the College of William and Mary and held a postdoctoral fellowship at Stanford University.

Article: " The Silent Theology of Islamic Art" Dr. Oludamini Ogunnaike:Renovato: The Journal of Zaytuna College

https://renovatio.zaytuna.edu/article/the-silent-theology-of-islamic-art

YouTube Video: "What makes Art Islamic?"- Renovatio: The Journal of Zaytuna College - Dec.25, 2017

https://youtu.be/qi3jyhYORRc?si=4ybGrBVAwvYR7rtR

Panel from Renovatio Event, "The Silent Theology of Islamic Art" The Islamic arts once represented our tradition as much as theology and law, but today these arts have been sadly neglected. In an age when Muslims increasingly feel compelled to clarify, and even defend, their faith, can we rely again on the arts to communicate the beauty and truth of revelation? Abdullatif Whiteman, Aisha Holland, and Oludamini Ogunnaike discuss the intersections of art and theology in Islamic civilization. Taken from an event entitled "The Silent Theology of Islamic Art," held at Zaytuna College in Berkeley, California, on December 17, 2017.

Article: " What is Contemplation? An Interview with Dr. Oludamini Ogunnaike"- Journal of Contemplative Studies- December 6,2024

https://contemplativejournal.org/interviews/what-is-contemplation-oludamini-ogunnaike/