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his volume brings together thematically arranged articles on the relationship between Islam and science and how it has been shaped over the last century. The articles represent a broad variety of approaches and perspectives as well as reflective and analytic views and include some of the most important voices in the Islam and science discourse. This collection, which includes a special section devoted to studies that explore various aspects of the relationship between the Quran and science, is a valuable resource for researchers interested in gaining a greater understanding of the broader relationship between religion and science.
ecent studies in the history of Islamic science based on the discovery and study of new primary texts and instruments have substantially revised the views of nineteenth-century historians of science. This volume presents some of these ground-breaking studies as well as articles which shed new light on the ongoing academic debate surrounding the question of the decline of Islamic scientific tradition.
Contents:
Introduction Part I Formulating Questions on Islam and Science Nexus:
Wheres where? Mapping out the future of Islamic science (part I), Ziauddin Sardar Wheres where? Mapping out the future of Islamic science (part II), Ziauddin Sardar Islam, rationality and science, Mohammad Hashim Kamali Does science offer evidence of a transcendent reality and purpose, Mehdi Golshani
Contents:
Introduction Part I Theoretical Underpinnings:
Reflections on some new studies on applied science in Islamic societies (8th19th centuries), David A. King Problems of the transmission of Greek scientific thought into Arabic: examples from mathematics and optics, Roshdi Rashed Ibn Khaldn on the fate of Islamic science after the 11th century, Mohamad Abdalla Between philosophy and mathematics: examples of interactions in classical Islam, Roshdi Rashed The universe as a system: Ibn Sns cosmology revisited, Syamsuddin Arif Al-Qh: from meteorology to astronomy, Roshdi Rashed
Contents:
Introduction Part I Framing the Discourse:
Three views of science in the Islamic world, Ibrahim Kalin What was Islamic in Islamic scientific tradition, Roshdi Rashed Islam and science: a false statement of the problem, Dimitri Gutas The unthought of Islamic science (part I), S. Parvez Manzoor Islam and sciences of nature: some fundamental questions, Mehdi Golshani Reformulating a comprehensive relationship between religion and science: an Islamic perspective, Osman Bakar Islam and science: beyond the troubled relationship, Ziauddin Sardar
Series Editor: Muzaffar Iqbal, Center for Islam and Science, Canada
his four volume series brings together the most important and influential articles dealing with various aspects of the relationship between Islam and science. The studies reflect historical, epistemological and philosophical issues and perspectives, and cover a wide spectrum of subject areas ranging from Islamic perspectives on cosmology and biological evolution to the relationship between the Quran and science, and contemporary issues in many fields where science and religion interact. The series sheds new light on historical links between modern science and the Islamic scientific tradition and also includes special studies on major voices in the Islam and science discourse. Each volume in the series is thematically arranged, which makes clear the developments in various sub areas of the Islam and science nexus, and includes an introduction which presents an overview of the current status of research in the field. This series constitutes a comprehensive reference resource for libraries and academic researchers interested in all aspects of the Islam and science discourse.
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Includes 18 previously published journal articles February 2012 | 518 pages | Hardback | 978-0-7546-2917-7 | http://www.ashgate.com/isbn/9780754629177
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Includes 21 previously published journal articles February 2012 | 570 pages | Hardback | 978-0-7546-2914-6 | http://www.ashgate.com/isbn/9780754629146
of scientism?, Jalees Rehman The Qurn and science, Masud Alam Choudhry The exegesis of science in 20th-century Arabic interpretations of the Qurn, Marwa Elshakry
Part V Qur n and Science Nexus: Scientific exegesis of the Qurn a viable project?, Mustansir Mir Reading the signs: a Qurnic perspective on thinking, Mohammad Hashim Kamali The scientific exegesis of the Qurn: a systematic look, Kurt Wood Searching for scientific facts in the Qurn: Islamization of knowledge or a new form
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Includes 30 previously published journal articles February 2012 | 564 pages | Hardback | 978-0-7546-2915-3 | http://www.ashgate.com/isbn/9780754629153
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ituated between the Greek, Indian and Persian scientific traditions and modern science, the Islamic scientific tradition received, enriched, transformed and then bequeathed scientific knowledge to Europe. The articles selected for this volume explore the fascinating process of knowledge in motion between different civilizations.
Contents:
Introduction Part I: Greek into Arabic:
The transmission of Hindu-Arabic numerals reconsidered, Paul Kunitzsch The development of Arabic science in Andalusia, Juan Vernet and Julio Sams The heritage of Arabic science in Hebrew, Bernard R. Goldstein Greek and Islamic elements in Arabic mathematics, J. L. Berggren
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Includes 18 previously published journal articles February 2012 | 576 pages | Hardback | 978-0-7546-2916-0 | http://www.ashgate.com/isbn/9780754629160
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