Islam and science past, present, and future debates

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Guessoum, Nidhal

Contributor:

Bigliardi, Stefano

Series:

Elements in Islam and the sciences

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Islam and science.

Islam and science--History.

Genre:

History

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2023

Summary:

This first Element in the series Islam and the Sciences is introductory and aims to give readers a general overview of the wide and rich scope of interactions of Islam with the sciences, including past disputes, current challenges, and future outlooks. The Element introduces the main voices and schools of thought, adopting a historical approach to show the evolution of the debates: Khan's naturalism, al-Jisr's hermeneutics, Abduh's modernist Islam, Nasr's perennialist and sacred science, al-Attas's Islamic science, Sardar and the Ijmalis' ethical science, al-Faruqi's Islamization of knowledge/science, Bucaille's and El-Naggar's 'miraculous scientific content in the Qur'an,' Abdus Salam's universal science, Hoodbhoy's and Edis's secularism, and the harmonization of the 'new generation.' The Element also maps out new and emerging topics that are beginning to reignite the debates, before a concluding section examines how issues of Islam and Science are playing out in the media, in public discourse and in education

Contents:

Foreword; 1. Science, Religion/Islam, and how they relate; 2. The Islam & Science debates so far; 3. A field(s)/topic(al) map of the debates; 4. The new and future Islam & Science debates; 5. The Islam and Science topics in society/culture; 6. General Conclusions: Lessons and Prospects

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references

Print version record

ISBN:

9781009266550

1009266551

OCLC:

1373598210

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license