Contemporary Issues in Islam and Science Volume 2

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The articles selected for this volume explore emergent issues in the contemporary relationship between Islam and science and present studies of eight major voices in the discourse. Also included is a section on the operationalization of Islamic science in the modern world and a section on studies in traditional Islamic cosmology. Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Contents Acknowledgements Editor's Acknowledgements Introduction PART I: FORMULATING QUESTIONS ON ISLAM AND SCIENCE NEXUS 1 Where's Where? Mapping out the Future of Islamic Science (Part-I) 2 Where's Where? Mapping out the Future of Islamic Science (Part-II) 3 Islam, Rationality and Science: A Brief Analysis 4 Does Science Offer Evidence of a Transcendent Reality and Purpose? PART II: MAJOR VOICES 5 IBN Sīnā and Abū Al-Barakāt Al-Baghdādī on the Origination of The Soul (Hudūth Al-Nafs) and the Invalidation of Its Transmigration (Ibtāl Al-Tanāsukh) 6 Fakhr Al-Dīn Al-Rāzī on Physics and the Nature of the Physical World: a Preliminary Survey 7 Between Physics and Metaphysics: Mullā Sadrā on Nature and Motion 8 Iqbaps Appropriation of Modern Science Vis-à-Vis Religion: a Critical Appraisal 9 Beyond the 'Modern': Sa'īD Al-Nūrsī'S View of Science 10 Science and Technology in the Discourse of Sayyid Qutb 11 The Sacred Versus the Secular: Nasr on Science 12 Sophia Perennis and Modern Science 13 Special Feature on the Philosophy of Science of Syed Muhammad Naquib Al-Attas PART III: ISLAMIC COSMOLOGY 14 In the Beginning: Islamic Perspectives on Cosmological Origins 15 In the Beginning: Islamic Perspectives on Cosmological Origins-II PART IV: OPERATIONALIZATION OF ISLAMIC SCIENCE 16 Science Education: the Islamic Perspective 17 Some Specific Methodologies of Relating Mathematical Sciences and Islam 18 Some Upstream Research Programs for Muslim Mathematicians: Operationalizing Islamic Values in the Sciences Through Mathematical Creativity Name Index