Nidhal Guessoum

Islam's Quantum Question

Reconciling Muslim Tradition and Modern Science

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In secular Europe the veracity of modern science is almost always taken for granted. This book states 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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Seitenzahl: 432
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Oktober 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 29mm
• Gewicht: 490g
• ISBN-13: 9781848855182
• ISBN-10: 1848855184
• Artikelnr.: 29954424

Inhaltsangabe

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