Metanexus: Views 2001.19.01 1020 words “The tragic events of September 11 have been universally condemned,”observes Muzaffar Iqbal, author of “Islam and Science”. Prof. Iqbal is alsothe.Founder and President of the Center for Islam and Science(www.cis-ca.org) and Regional Director for the Muslim World, SRCP, CTNS(www.ctns.org). Moreover, he notes as well, that these events have, “onceagain, shown…
Seen from our earthly abode, they appear as white harmonic formations, gliding across the enormity of the deep blue sky toward their winter homes. Seeing them fly so freely in such a precise manner, one wonders: Are the geese going south because a little hormone in their bodies has triggered a series of actions which…
On the eve of Muhammad’s Prophetic mission, the uninviting and harsh city of Makkahhad little to boast by way of science. Arabs excelled in poetry and genealogies–both oral traditions going back for centuries–but they had no science except for certain bedouin techniques of folk medicine and astronomy. The great scientific and cultural centers of the…
I know I have wandered into difficult terrain. What makes science Islamic, or in other words, what adds a religious dimension to science is a problematic question because the answer depends on certain definitions which are not universally recognized. But let us try to look at the question from the perspective of Islamic tradition which…
Review of John Maddox’s What Remains to be Discovered: Mapping the Secrets of the Universe, the Origins of Life, and the Future of the Human Race, New York: Touchstone Books, 1998. Contents: – Preface – Part One: Mattero 1. Beginnings Without Endo 2. Simplicity Buried in Complexityo 3. Everything at…
Contents: Introduction – Christianity and the Scientific Worldview – The Trinity and Creation – Sacred Cosmology: the Genesis Creation Narratives – Explaining the Universe – Theistic Explanation – Breaking out of the Mechanistic Universe – God’s Action in the Universe – Creation, Suffering and the Divine Purpose – God and Evolution – The Soul –…