Islam's quantum question : reconciling Muslim tradition and modern science / by Nidhal Guessoum.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Guessoum, Nidhal, 1960- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Islam and science.

Religion and science.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxvi, 403 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"In secular Europe the veracity of modern science is almost always taken for granted. Whether they think of the evolutionary proofs of Darwin or of spectacular investigation into the boundaries of physics conducted by CERN's Large Hadron Collider, most people assume that scientific enquiry goes to the heart of fundamental truths about the universe. Yet elsewhere, science is under siege. In the USA, Christian fundamentalists contest whether evolution should be taught in schools at all. And in Muslim countries like Tunisia, Egypt, Pakistan and Malaysia, a mere 15 per cent of those recently surveyed believed Darwin's theory to be 'true' or 'probably true'. This thoughtful and passionately argued book contends absolutely to the contrary: not only that evolutionary theory does not contradict core Muslim beliefs, but that many scholars, from Islam's golden age to the present, adopted a worldview that accepted evolution as a given. Guessoum suggests that the Islamic world, just like the Christian, needs to take scientific questions - 'quantum questions' - with the utmost seriousness if it is to recover its true heritage and integrity. In its application of a specifically Muslim perspective to important topics like cosmology, divine action and evolution, the book makes a vital contribution to debate in the disputed field of 'science and religion'."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Contents:

Prologue: Averroes and I

Introduction: Islam and Science Today

PART I: Fundamentals (First things first): God, the Qur'an, and Science

Chapter 1: Allah, the Creator and Sustainer

Chapter 2: The Qur'an and its Philosophy of Knowledge/Science

Chapter 3: Science and Its Critics

Chapter 4: Can One Develop an "Islamic Science"?

Chapter 5: I'jaz - Modern Science in the Qur'an?

Summary and Conclusions of Part I

PART II: Islam and Contemporary Science Issues

Chapter 6: Islam and Cosmology

Chapter 7: Islam and Design

Chapter 8: Islam and the Anthropic Principle

Chapter 9: Islam and Evolution (Human and Biological)

PART III: Outlook

Chapter 10: Islam and Science tomorrow Epilogue - A conversation with my students

Appendix A: Towards an Open-Minded Science (Collective Article)

Appendix B: The Flaws in 'A New Astronomical Quranic Method for The Determination Of The Greatest Speed C' by Dr. Mansour Hassab-Elnaby

Appendix C: Survey of 'Science and Religion' Views at the American University of Sharjah, UAE

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613048516

9780755611072

0755611071

9780857730756

0857730754

9781283048514

1283048515

9780857718679

0857718673

OCLC:

721194981