Other “Adams”: Twelver Shiʿism and Human Evolution

This paper presents a Twelver Shīʿī defence of human evolution. It was written in dialogue with Shoaib Ahmed Malik's, Islam and Evolution: Al-Ghāzālī and the Modern Evolution Paradigm. It synthesises classical Twelver Shīʿī exegesis, hadith, doctrines, and philosophy with contemporary exegesis...

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Published in:Theology and science
Main Author: Inloes, Amina (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge 2023
In: Theology and science
Year: 2023, Volume: 21, Issue: 4, Pages: 708-731
RelBib Classification:BJ Islam
NBD Doctrine of Creation
Further subjects:B Hadith
B Religion and science
B Qur’anic exegesis
B Islam
B Evolution
B Shiʿism
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Summary:This paper presents a Twelver Shīʿī defence of human evolution. It was written in dialogue with Shoaib Ahmed Malik's, Islam and Evolution: Al-Ghāzālī and the Modern Evolution Paradigm. It synthesises classical Twelver Shīʿī exegesis, hadith, doctrines, and philosophy with contemporary exegesis and scientific thought. Rather than taking the approach of scientific exegesis, it focuses on the origins of the human being in the immaterial realm, and is one of the few Islamic defences of evolution to be hadith-based. It also considers the possible role of hadith as cultural memory.
ISSN:1474-6719
Contains:Enthalten in: Theology and science
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/14746700.2023.2255953