Theorizing Religion and Questioning the Future of Islam and Science

Will there be any joint future for science and Islam? Although such questions have recently received considerable attention, more basic questions are often ignored. This article aims at addressing some of those more basic questions through exploring the assumptions that underlie different possible u...

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Publié dans:Zygon
Auteur principal: Feyzbakhsh, Mohsen (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Wiley-Blackwell [2020]
Dans: Zygon
Année: 2020, Volume: 55, Numéro: 4, Pages: 996-1010
Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés:B Islam / Sciences de la nature / Religion / Théorie / Foi
RelBib Classification:AA Sciences des religions
AB Philosophie de la religion
AG Vie religieuse
BJ Islam
Sujets non-standardisés:B definition of religion
B science and Islam
B inference to the best explanation
B belief centrism
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Résumé:Will there be any joint future for science and Islam? Although such questions have recently received considerable attention, more basic questions are often ignored. This article aims at addressing some of those more basic questions through exploring the assumptions that underlie different possible understandings of the question about the future of Islam and science. By investigating the relation between conceptualizations of religion and the question about the future of Islam and science, it will be argued that different understandings of the concept of religion (i.e., whether it denotes real objects, whether it is universal, and whether it is belief centered) lead to extremely different readings of the question. Besides, it will be argued that different answers to the question about the future of Islam and science can be understood in terms of the inference to best theological explanation; thus, the criteria that one assumes for the best theological explanation result in different criteria for evaluation of the answers.
ISSN:1467-9744
Contient:Enthalten in: Zygon
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/zygo.12648