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Science and religion : Christian and Muslim perspectives : a record of the eighth Building Bridges Seminar convened by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Bahçeşehir University, Istanbul, June 16-18, 2009 / David Marshall, editor.

By: (8th : Building Bridges Seminar (8th : 2009 : Bahçeşehir University)
Contributor(s): Marshall, David, 1963-
Material type: TextTextPublisher: Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, [2012]Copyright date: ©2012Description: xiv, 189 pages ; 23 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781589019140 (pbk. : alk. paper); 1589019148 (pbk. : alk. paper)Subject(s): Religion and science -- Congresses | Dogma | Islam -- Doctrines -- Congresses | Bible -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. -- Congresses | Qurʼan -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. -- Congresses | Christianity and other religions -- Islam -- Congresses | Islam -- Relations -- Christianity -- CongressesDDC classification: 261.2/7 Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Introduction / David Marshall -- Building Bridges in Istanbul / Rowan Williams -- Science and the Christian tradition : a brief overview / John Hedley Brooke -- Science and religion in the history of Islam / Ahmad Dallal -- Science and religious belief in the modern world : challenges and opportunities / Denis Alexander -- Biblical texts. Commentary / Ellen F. Davis -- What is creation? Subtle insights from Genesis 1 concerning the order of the world / Michael Welker -- Qurʼānic texts. Commentary / Mustansir Mir -- Classical Christian texts. Commentary : science and religion in the classical Christian tradition / Emmanuel Clapsis -- Classical Islamic texts. Commentary : the importance of al-Ghazālī and Ibn Rushd in the history of Islamic discourse on religion and science / Osman Bakar -- Charles Darwin. Introduction to Darwin and the selected texts / John Hedley Brooke -- Early Arabic views of Darwin / Marwa Elshakry -- Modern Islamic texts. Introduction to Quṭb and al-Shaʻrāwī / Sherine Hamdy -- Pope John Paul II. Commentary / Celia Deane-Drummond -- Afterword / Rowan Williams.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / David Marshall -- Building Bridges in Istanbul / Rowan Williams -- Science and the Christian tradition : a brief overview / John Hedley Brooke -- Science and religion in the history of Islam / Ahmad Dallal -- Science and religious belief in the modern world : challenges and opportunities / Denis Alexander -- Biblical texts. Commentary / Ellen F. Davis -- What is creation? Subtle insights from Genesis 1 concerning the order of the world / Michael Welker -- Qurʼānic texts. Commentary / Mustansir Mir -- Classical Christian texts. Commentary : science and religion in the classical Christian tradition / Emmanuel Clapsis -- Classical Islamic texts. Commentary : the importance of al-Ghazālī and Ibn Rushd in the history of Islamic discourse on religion and science / Osman Bakar -- Charles Darwin. Introduction to Darwin and the selected texts / John Hedley Brooke -- Early Arabic views of Darwin / Marwa Elshakry -- Modern Islamic texts. Introduction to Quṭb and al-Shaʻrāwī / Sherine Hamdy -- Pope John Paul II. Commentary / Celia Deane-Drummond -- Afterword / Rowan Williams.

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