God, Life, and the Cosmos

Ted Peters, Muzaffar Iqbal, Syed Nomanul Haq

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 boo

Contents: Preface; Introduction, S. Nomanul Haq; Philosophical, Historical, and Methodological Issues: Islam and modern science: questions at the interface, Muzaffar Iqbal; Three views of science in the Islamic world, Ibrahim Kalin; Science and faith: from warfare to consonance, Ted Peters; Christian perspectives on religion and science and their significance for modern Muslim thought, Mustansir Mir; The anthropocosmic vision in Islamic thought, William C. Chittick; Moments in the Islamic recasting of the Greek legacy: exploring the question of science and theism, S. Nomanul Haq; Metaphysics and mathematics in classical Islamic culture: Avicenna and his successors, Roshdi Rashed; Cosmological Issues: Islamic paradigms for the relationship between science & religion, Ahmad Dallal; Creation in the Islamic outlook and in modern cosmology, Mehdi Golshani; The impossible possibility: divine causes in the world of nature, Philip Clayton; Christian theism and the idea of an oscillating universe, Mark Worthing; Life, Consciousness, and Genetics: The contributions and limitations of Christian perspectives to understanding the religious implications of the genetics revolution, Audrey R. Chapman; Interface of science and jurisprudence: dissonant gazes at the body in modern Muslim ethics, Ebrahim Moosa; Neuroscience and human nature: a Christian perspective, Nancey Murphy; Index.