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Nidhal Guessoum's Reconciliation of Islam and Science with John Hedley Brooke, “Reconciling Religious Tradition and Modern Science ”; Salman Hameed, “Walking the Tightrope of the Science and Religion Boundary ”; Rana Dajani, “Evolution and Islam's Quantum Question ”; Zainal Abidin Bagir, “Practice and the Agenda of ‘Islam and Science’ ”; and Nidhal Guessoum, “Issues and Agendas of Islam and Science”
ISSUES AND AGENDAS OF ISLAM AND SCIENCE
Article first published online: 22 MAY 2012
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9744.2012.01261.x
© 2012 by the Joint Publication Board of Zygon
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Guessoum, N. (2012), ISSUES AND AGENDAS OF ISLAM AND SCIENCE. Zygon, 47: 367–387. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-9744.2012.01261.x
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- Issue published online: 22 MAY 2012
- Article first published online: 22 MAY 2012
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Keywords:
- cosmology and Islam;
- creationism;
- environment and Islam;
- evolution and Islam;
- Islam;
- Islamic science;
- Islamization of science;
- modern science;
- natural theology;
- Qur’an;
- theology of nature
Abstract The publication of Islam's Quantum Question coincided with a burst of interest in the subject of Islam and science. This article first places the book in context (academic and cultural); in particular, an update is given on the two strong current trends of I'jaz, the “miraculous scientific content in the Qur’an” and Muslim creationism, and a note is made of the “Arab Spring” and its potential effect on science in the Arab-Muslim world. The second part is devoted to a discussion of the views presented by the four reviewers (Brooke, Hameed, Dajani, and Bagir): my “theistic science” approach, the similarities and contrasts between Christian and Islamic approaches to the scientific exploration of the world, the importance of relating religion and science in practice, not just in theory, the need for a theology of nature versus natural theology in Islam, and so on. The article concludes with an outlook on the issues that still need to be addressed in the field of Islam and Science.