2018 Recommended Reading List
The following reading list was provided from our scholars in an effort to help participants better prepare for the retreat. Participants are encouraged to attend all of the classes to benefit from the integrated nature of the program.
Daily Schedule
A typical day consists of roughly 6 hours of instruction, with ample time for relaxation and activities on the Rosales campus.
From Anthony Milroy:
The Ascension Church: Paradise Garden & Community Space: View or Download PDF.
www.paradise-oases.com • www.salfordascension.org • paradisegardenblog.com
From Dr. Adi Setia:
Economy, Ecology & the Community: View or Download Summary PDF.
Session 1: Ecologics Of Economy: The Meaning Of Economy & Its Reintegration Into Ecology
“The Meaning of Economy,” in Islamic Sciences (Summer 2016): View or Download PDF.
Session 2: Revisiting The Meaning Of Fard Al-Kifayah: Right Livelihood, Community & The Common Good
“Al-Ghazali on the Proprieties of Earning and Living,” in Islamic Sciences (Summer 2013): View or Download PDF.
“Fard Kifayah, Mu‘amalah & the Commonweal,” in Islamic Sciences (Summer 2013): View or Download PDF.
Session 3: Soil, Soul And Society: Mu‘Amalah & Reviving The Socio-Economy Of The Land
“The Inner Dimension of Going Green: Articulating an Islamic Deep-Ecology,” in Islamic Sciences (Winter 2007): View or Download PDF.
“Mu‘amalah & the Revival of the Islamic Gift Economy,” in Islamic Sciences (Summer 2011). View or Download PDF.
A. H. Fitzwilliam Hall, “An Introductory Survey of the Arabic Books of Filāḥa and Farming Almanacs”
Session 4: Reintegrating the Legal into the Social: Invisible Structures for a Land-Based Productive Economy
“Reintegrating the Legal into the Social,” in Law & Development Review (December 2017),
Bill Mollison, Permaculture: A Designers’ Manual (Tagari), especially Chapter 14: “Strategies for an Alternative Nation.”
Focus Track: Regenerating Community Economy: Creating Enabling Structures for Reviving Community Economies
Adi Setia, “Reintegrating the Legal into the Social,” in Law & Development Review (December 2017);
Bill Mollison, Permaculture: A Designers’ Manual (Tagari), especially Chapter 14: “Strategies for an Alternative Global Nation.”
Videos/slides:
http://www.geofflawtononline.com/learn/permaculture-a-designers-manual/chapter-14-strategies-of-an-alternative-global-nation/
https://prezi.com/follur4aac6r/invisible-structures/
Other Relevant Readings:
1. Adi Setia, Yusuf Jha and Mahdi Lock, Mu‘amalah and the Revival of the Islamic Gift Economy: An Exploratory & Reflective Primer (Kuala Lumpur: IGE Advisory, 2018).
2. E. F. Schumacher, Small is Beautiful; Economics as if Peopled Mattered, Download or View PDF.
3. E. F. Schumacher, Good Work, Download or View PDF.
4. Herman Daly, Ecological Economics: Principles and Applications, Download or View PDF.
5. Salah Zaimeche, “Agriculture in Muslim Civilization: A Green Revolution in Pre-Modern Times,” in Muslim Heritage