God, Life, and the Cosmos

God, Life, and the Cosmos

Christian and Islamic Perspectives

Iqbal, Dr. Muzaffar; Haq, Syed Nomanul; Peters, Professor Ted

Taylor & Francis Ltd

11/2002

428

Dura

Inglês

9780754608837

15 a 20 dias

This volume discusses the philosophical issues in the science-religion discourse, cosmology, and bio-ethics. Two major religions reflect on the tensions, support, and overlap between science and religion with regard to the funamental questions of the origin and purpose of life and the cosmos.
Contents: Preface; Introduction, S. Nomanul Haq; Philosophical, Historical, and Methodological Issues: Islam and modern science: questions at the interface, Muzaffar Iqbal; Three views of science in the Islamic world, Ibrahim Kalin; Science and faith: from warfare to consonance, Ted Peters; Christian perspectives on religion and science and their significance for modern Muslim thought, Mustansir Mir; The anthropocosmic vision in Islamic thought, William C. Chittick; Moments in the Islamic recasting of the Greek legacy: exploring the question of science and theism, S. Nomanul Haq; Metaphysics and mathematics in classical Islamic culture: Avicenna and his successors, Roshdi Rashed; Cosmological Issues: Islamic paradigms for the relationship between science & religion, Ahmad Dallal; Creation in the Islamic outlook and in modern cosmology, Mehdi Golshani; The impossible possibility: divine causes in the world of nature, Philip Clayton; Christian theism and the idea of an oscillating universe, Mark Worthing; Life, Consciousness, and Genetics: The contributions and limitations of Christian perspectives to understanding the religious implications of the genetics revolution, Audrey R. Chapman; Interface of science and jurisprudence: dissonant gazes at the body in modern Muslim ethics, Ebrahim Moosa; Neuroscience and human nature: a Christian perspective, Nancey Murphy; Index.
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