The Nasr Foundation has made available a large number of previously unavailable Audio Recordings of lectures and extended courses given by Professor Seyyed Hossein Nasr. The teachings of Professor Nasr, in English, Persian and French, range from detailed studies of traditional Islam and Sufism, to discourses on comparative religion, traditional art and symbolism, and the spiritual and environmental crisis of the modern world. All of the currently available audios are listed below. Scroll down the page to view the current list of audios.
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List of Nasr Audios by Topic
Islam
1. Islamic Unity and the Goal of all Muslims; Date: 7/96 Place: 1st International Islamic Unity Conference, Los Angeles, CA Length of Time: Comments:
2. Islam in America; Date: 4/6/97 Place: Northbrook Mosque, Northbrook, IL Length of Time: 17 minutes Comments: good audio
3. In the Footsteps of Abraham; Date: 4/5/97 Place: Loyola University, Chicago, IL. Length of Time: Comments:
4. Understanding Islamic Peace; Date: n.d. Place: interview Length of Time: 58 minutes Comments: very good audio
5. Unity and Diversity in the Middle East; Date: 7/13/94 Place: University of Manchester Length of Time: 1:25 minutes Comments: very good audio
6. Images of Islam in the West (2 parts); Date: 3/30/93 Place: Length of Time: 1 hour Comments: very good
7. Special Challenges for North American Muslim Youth and Families; Date: 9/94 Place: Annual ISNA Convention Length of Time: 53 minutes Comments: very good
8. Understanding Islam in the Modern World; Date: 4/30/92 Place: Length of Time: 28 minutes Comments:
9. Islam: The Fastest Growing Religion in the West; Date: 9/98 Place: 2nd International Islamic Unity Conference, Washington DC Length of Time: Comments:
10. Islamic Unity; Date: 9/98 Place: 2nd International Islamic Unity Conference, Washington DC Length of Time: Comments:
11. Islam and the West; Date: n.d. Place Length of Time: 12 minutes Comments: very good
12. World of Islam; Date: 1976 Place: World of Islam Festival, London Length of Time: Comments:
13. Islam and the Response to Modernism; Date: 10/28/97 Place: Cornell University, NY Length of Time: Comments:
Philosophy
1. Male and Female; Date: Place: Length of Time: Comments:
2. The Moving Image of Eternity; Date: Place: Length of Time: Comments:
3. Islamization of Knowledge; Date: 10/3/87 Place: Length of Time: Comments:
4. The School of Isfahan; Date: 5/15/97 Place: Length of Time: 30 minutes Comments: very good audio
5. Islamic Thought; Date: 11/25/97 Place: Length of Time: Comments:
6. Islamic Thought; Date: 7/13/94 Place: Length of Time: Comments:
7. The Islamic Intellectual Tradition and Its Relevance Today; Date: Place: Length of Time: Comments:
Environment
1. Nature and the Sacred; Date: 7/15/93 Place: Temenos Academy Length of Time: 56 minutes Comments: very good audio
2. Islam, Islamic Secularism and the Environmental Crisis; Date: n.d. Place: Length of Time: Comments:
3. Man and Nature; Date: 4/11/96 Place: Length of Time: 1:12 minutes Comments: very good audio
4. Spiritual Religious Roots of the Environmental Crisis; Date: n.d. Place: Temenos Academy Length of Time: 1:05 minutes Comments: very good audio
5. The Relation Between Religions in the Light of the Environmental Crisis; Date: 10/27/94 Place: Oxford UK Length of Time: 1:10 minutes Comments: noisy background but good audio
6. Spiritual Crisis of Modern Man; Date: n.d. Place: Length of Time: Comments:
7. Harmony of Man and Nature; Date: 1/10/90 Place: MIT, Cambridge, MA Length of Time: 51 minutes Comments:
Religion/Religions: Comparative Religion
1. Response to Hans Kung on Muslim-Christian Relations; Date: n.d. Place: Length of Time: Comments:
2. Christianity and Islam; Date: n.d. Place: Length of Time: 29 minutes Comments: audio a bit distant
3. The Religious Study of Religion; Date: Place: Length of Time: Comments:
4. World Religions and the Rediscovery of Nature as Sacred; Date: 11/10-12/95 Place: Length of Time: Comments:
5. Talk on Taoism; Date: n.d. Place: Length of Time: Comments:
6. Orthodox Christianity and Islamic Spirituality; Date: n.d. Place: Boston Length of Time: Comments: 43 minutes
7. Studying Religion Today and What It Means; Date: 4/08/85 Place: Witherspoon Lecture, University of North Carolina Length of Time: 1:29 minutes Comments: a little echo; good audio
8. Teaching Traditional Knowledge in a Contemporary Setting; Date: 1/29/88 Place: Navajo Community College, Shiprock, AZ Length of Time: 55 minutes Comments:
9. Orthodox Christian and Islamic Spirituality: Their Convergences and Divergences; Date: n.d. Place: Boston MA Length of Time: Comments:
10. Relationship Between the Three Monotheistic Faiths; Date: n.d. Place: Burke Lecture Length of Time: Comments:
11. Questions of Faith: A Spiritual Guide to the 21st Century; Date: n.d. Place: Length of Time: Comments:
Sufism
1. Sufism (from Thomas Merton and Sufism); Date: Place: Length of Time: Comments:
2. Rise and Development of Persian Sufism; Date: 05/92 Place: Length of Time: Comments:
3. Sufi Practices (2 audios); Date: 10/29/97 Place: Cornell University, New York Length of Time: Comments:
4. Sufism: Literary Expressions; Date: 10/30/97 Place: Cornell University, New York Length of Time: Comments:
5. Slide Show on Islamic Art; Date: 10/31/96 Place: Length of Time: 70 minutes Comments: audio speeded up a little bit
6. Action, Love and Knowledge: The Stages of the Path of Sufism (2 audios); Date: 1/1/93 Place: Length of Time: 38 minutes Comments: very good
7. Sufism; Date: 11/3/95 Place: Length of Time: 1:07 minutes Comments:
8. Gulshan-i raz (2 audios); Date: 11/6/95; 11/13/95 Place: Length of Time: 1:42 minutes Comments: good audio
9. The Divine Word and Its Depiction; Date: 4/26/96 Place: Length of Time: Comments:
10. Spirituality and Islamic Art; Date: 12/06/93 Place: Length of Time: 1:07 minutes Comments: very good
11. Maghribi Sufism: Abu Maydan; Date: n,d, Place: Length of Time: 47 minutes Comments: good audio
12. Self-purification (ihsan); Date: Place: Length of Time: Comments:
13. Sufism and the Power of Integration of Man's Inner and Outer Life; Date: Place: Length of Time: 50 minutes
Comments: Interviews
1. Man and Nature Interview; Date: n.d. Place: Length of Time: 41 minutes Comments: good audio
2. Interview with German C. Schneider on Islamic Philosophy; Date: n.d. Place: Length of Time: Comments:
3. NPR on A Young Muslim's Guide; Date: n.d. Place: Length of Time: Comments:
4. NPR on American Muslims; Date: n.d. Place: Length of Time: Comments:
Persian
1. The Crisis in Western Education for Eastern Students; Date: Place: Length of Time: Comments:
2. Man and Religion Today 2/21/93 Date: 2/21/93 Place: IMAN, Los Angeles Length of Time: 58 minutes Comments: In Persian
3. Man and Religion Today; Date: 10/4/96 Place: IMAN, Los Angeles Length of Time: Comments:
4. The Sources of Ethical Values; Date: 7/97 Place: Bonyad-i Risalat Length of Time: Comments:
French
1. AGORA Interview on a Book; Date: 7/8/93 Place: Length of Time: 25 minutes Comments: very good audio
COURSES ON AUDIO
1. Mulla Sadra and Kitab al-Masha'ir (50 audios); Dates: Mulla Sadra: April, May, 1999; Kitab al-Masha'ir: 10/93-04/94 6 audios Place: Washington, DC Length of Time: Comments:
2. Islamic Thought: A Living Tradition (5 audios); Theological, Legal and Social Thought 2/13/88 Sufism and the Spiritual Life 2/26/88 Philosophical and Scientific Thought 3/1/88 Art and Literature 3/4/88 Education and the Future of Islamic Thought 3/8/88 Dates: 2/23/99 - 3/8/88 Place: Oxford, UK Length of Time: Comments:
3. Islam (5 audios); Dates: 11/7/95-11/21/95 Place: Washington, DC Length of Time: 5:39 minutes Comments: very good except at the beginning of some audios not good until the microphone is adjusted
4. Persian Sufi Literature (5 audios); Dates: 1/7/95-11/21/95 Place: Washington, DC Length of Time: Comments:
5. Cadbury Lectures (8 audios); Dates: Place: Length of Time: Comments:
6. Sufism (17 audios); Dates: 8/27/96-11/26/96 Place: Length of Time: Comments:
7. Islamic Philosophy and Theology (25 audios); Dates: Spring, 1996 Place: Washington DC Length of Time: Comments:
8. Islamic Philosophy and Theology (19 audios); Dates: 1/21/99-4/27/99 Place: Washington DC Length of Time: Comments:
9. Islamic Philosophy and Theology (7 audios); Dates: 6/11/98-6/29/98 Place: Washington, DC Length of Time: Comments:
10. Man and the Natural Environment (24 audios); Dates: 1/20/96-4/25/96 Place: Washington DC Length of Time: Comments:
11. Man and the Natural Environment (19 audios); Dates: 1999 Place: Washington DC Length of Length of Time: Comments:
12. Religion and Science (22 audios); Dates: 8/28/97-12/4/97 Place: Washington DC Length of Time: 20:32 minutes Comments:
13. Mysticism: East and West (24 audios); Dates: 1/15/98-4/28/98 Place: Length of Time: Comments:
14. World of Islam Series (5 audios); Islam: A Complete Way of Life: 27 minutes The Five Pillars of Islam: 28 minutes Muhammad and His Heirs: 27 minutes The Rise and Fall of the Caliphate: 27 minutes The Magnificent Heritage: 29 minutes Islam and the West Today: 27 minutes Resurgent Islam Today: 27 minutes Dates: Place: Length of Time: 3:12 minutes Comments: excellent broadcast quality audios
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