God, Life, and the Cosmos: Christian and Islamic Perspectives

by Peters,Ted; Iqbal,Muzaffar

• ISBN13: 9780754608837
• ISBN10: 0754608832
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-11-28
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

God, Life, and the Cosmos: Christian and Islamic Perspectives is the first book in which Christian and Muslim scholars explore the frontiers of science-religion discourse. Leading international scholars present new work on key issues in science and religion from Christian and Islamic perspectives. Following an introduction by the editors, the book is divided into three sections: the first explores the philosophical issues in science-religion discourse; the second examines cosmology; the third analyses the issues surrounding bioethics. One of the first books to explore aspects of science-religion discourse from the perspective of two religious traditions, God, Life, and the Cosmos opens up new vistas to all interested in science and religion, and those exploring contemporary issues in Christianity and Islam.

Table of Contents

List of Contributors	ix
Preface	xv
Introduction	xvii
S. Nomanul Haq
Part I Philosophical, Historical, and Methodological Issues	1	(194)
Islam and Modern Science: Questions at the Interface	3	(40)
Muzaffar Iqbal
Three Views of Science in the Islamic World	43	(34)
Ibrahim Kalin
Science and Faith: From Warfare to Consonance	77	(22)
Ted Peters
Christian Perspectives on Religion and Science and their Significance for Modern Muslim Thought	99	(26)
Mustansir Mir
The Anthropocosmic Vision in Islamic Thought	125	(28)
William C. Chittick
Moments in the Islamic Recasting of the Greek Legacy: Exploring the Question of Science and Theism	153	(20)
S. Nomanul Haq
Metaphysics and Mathematics in Classical Islamic Culture: Avicenna and His Successors	173	(22)
Roshdi Rashed
Part II Cosmological Issues	195	(108)
Islamic Paradigms for the Relationship between Science and Religion	197	(26)
Ahmad Dallal
Creation in the Islamic Outlook and in Modern Cosmology	223	(26)
Mehdi Golshani
The Impossible Possibility: Divine Causes in the World of Nature	249	(32)
Philip Clayton
Christian Theism and the Idea of an Oscillating Universe	281	(22)
Mark Worthing
Part III Life, Consciousness, and Genetics	303	(88)
The Contributions and Limitations of Christian Perspectives to Understanding the Religious Implications of the Genetics Revolution	305	(24)
Audrey R. Chapman
Interface of Science and Jurisprudence: Dissonant Gazes at the Body in Modern Muslim Ethics	329	(28)
Ebrahim Moosa
Neuroscience and Human Nature: A Christian Perspective	357	(34)
Nancey Murphy
Index	391