Name: Scholarly Integrity: Transmission and Honour
Start: 2024-10-21T20:00:00+08:00
End: 2024-10-21T22:00:00+08:00
Location: Singpost Auditorium

Scholarly Integrity: Transmission and Honour

”But Ustaz, this book you are teaching will take too long for us to complete!”
In the age of social media where influencers increasingly become the main reference points for the masses even in matters that call for a more profound understanding of the religion, there is lesser thought given to the quality of acquired knowledge. This unfortunately applies to both the content provider and consumer. As such scholarly integrity which is characterized by connected chains of transmission, honour of the long-term seeking, truthfulness and good example has become greatly compromised.
This session hopes to generate a greater appreciation of the praiseworthy essence of traditional scholarship which is often dismissed as mundane and disconnected, with the aspiration that the contemporary society can become more appreciative of the time-honoured processes and framework rather than immediate outcomes and superficial manifestations. Through the restoration of this scholarly integrity, claims can always be tested by referring back to this framework of connected transmission, dignity, methodology and rootedness in honourable past. Religion, therefore, avoids being trivialized by the lack of care for both its transmission and consumption.