Science and Religion: Christian and Muslim Perspectives

by David Marshall (Editor), Rowan Williams (Afterword), David Marshall (Contribution by), Rowan Williams (Contribution by), Ahmad Dallal (Contribution by)

Overview

Science and Religion is a record of the 2009 Building Bridges seminar, a dialogue between leading Christian and Muslim scholars convened annually by the Archbishop of Canterbury. The essays in this volume explore how both faith traditions have approached the interface between science and religion and throw light on the ongoing challenges posed by this issue today. The volume includes a selection of relevant texts together with commentary that illuminates the scriptures, the ideas of key religious thinkers, and also the legacy of Charles Darwin.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781589019140
Publisher:	Georgetown University Press
Publication date:	10/15/2012
Pages:	208
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.60(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

The Reverend Dr. David Marshall is the academic director of the Archbishop of Canterbury’s Building Bridges seminar and a research fellow at the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs at Georgetown University.

Table of Contents

IntroductionDavid Marshall

Building Bridges in IstanbulRowan Williams

Part I: SurveysScience and the Christian Tradition: A Brief OverviewJohn Hedley Brooke

Science and Religion in the History of IslamAhmad Dallal

Science and Religious Belief in the Modern World: Challenges and OpportunitiesDenis Alexander

Part II: Texts and CommentariesBiblical TextsCommentaryEllen F. Davis

What is Creation? Subtle Insights from Genesis 1 Concerning the Order of the WorldMichael Welker

Qur’ānic TextsCommentaryMustansir Mir

Classical Christian TextsCommentary: Science and Religion in the Classical Christian TraditionEmmanuel Clapsis

Classical Islamic TextsCommentary: The Importance of al-Ghazālī and Ibn Rushd in the History of IslamicDiscourse on Religion and ScienceOsman Bakar

Charles DarwinIntroduction to Darwin and the Selected TextsJohn Hedley Brooke

Early Arabic Views of DarwinMarwa Elshakry

Modern Islamic TextsIntroduction to Qutb and al-Sha‘rāwīSherine Hamdy

Pope John Paul II CommentaryCelia Deane-Drummond

AfterwordRowan Williams

Index

Editorial Reviews

This volume offers a panoramic look at the problem of the relationship between science and religion . . . with the firm intention of stimulating further discussion.

Islamochristiana

For those who have neither time nor expertise to delve deeply into this highly complex field, this latest compilation of texts and discussions from the eighth of the Archbishop of Canterbury's 'Building Bridges' seminars (held in Turkey in 2009) is an appetizer that points the way towards further readings.

Islam and Christian Muslim Relations

"For those who have neither time nor expertise to delve deeply into this highly complex field, this latest compilation of texts and discussions from the eighth of the Archbishop of Canterbury's 'Building Bridges' seminars (held in Turkey in 2009) is an appetizer that points the way towards further readings."—Islam and Christian Muslim Relations

"This volume offers a panoramic look at the problem of the relationship between science and religion . . . with the firm intention of stimulating further discussion."—Islamochristiana

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