Science and Religion

The Reverend Dr. David Marshall is the academic director of the Archbishop of Canterbury's Building Bridges seminar and a research fellow at the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs at Georgetown University.

Features essays that explore how both faith traditions have approached the interface between science and religion and focuses on the challenges posed by this issue. This title illuminates the scriptures, the ideas of key religious thinkers, and also the legacy of Charles Darwin.

Science and Religion is a record of the 2009 Building Bridges seminar, a dialogue between leading Christian and Muslim scholars convened annually by the Archbishop of Canterbury. The essays in this volume explore how both faith traditions have approached the interface between science and religion and throw light on the ongoing challenges posed by this issue today. The volume includes a selection of relevant texts together with commentary that illuminates the scriptures, the ideas of key religious thinkers, and also the legacy of Charles Darwin.

Science and Religion is a record of the 2009 Building Bridges seminar, a dialogue between leading Christian and Muslim scholars convened annually by the Archbishop of Canterbury. The essays in this volume explore how both faith traditions have approached the interface between science and religion and throw light on the ongoing challenges posed by this issue today. The volume includes a selection of relevant texts together with commentary that illuminates the scriptures, the ideas of key religious thinkers, and also the legacy of Charles Darwin.

Introduction David MarshallBuilding Bridges in Istanbul Rowan WilliamsPart I: SurveysScience and the Christian Tradition: A Brief Overview John Hedley BrookeScience and Religion in the History of Islam Ahmad Dallal Science and Religious Belief in the Modern World: Challenges and Opportunities Denis AlexanderPart II: Texts and CommentariesBiblical Texts Texts Commentary Ellen F. Davis What is Creation? Subtle Insights from Genesis 1 Concerning the Order of the World Michael WelkerQur'anic Texts Texts Commentary Mustansir MirClassical Christian Texts Texts Commentary: Science and Religion in the Classical Christian Tradition Emmanuel ClapsisClassical Islamic Texts Texts Commentary: The Importance of al-Ghazali and Ibn Rushd in the History of Islamic Discourse on Religion and Science Osman Bakar Charles Darwin Texts Introduction to Darwin and the Selected Texts John Hedley Brooke Early Arabic Views of Darwin Marwa Elshakry Modern Islamic Texts Texts Introduction to Qu?b and al-Sha'rawi Sherine HamdyPope John Paul II Texts Commentary Celia Deane-DrummondAfterword Rowan Williams