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Islam and the science–religion debates in modern times

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 June 2007

SADIK J. AL-AZM
SADIK J. AL-AZM
Affiliation:
PO Box 11574, Damascus, Syria; PO Box 13-6129, Beirut, Lebanon. E-mail: s_j_azmzade@postmaster.co.uk
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Abstract

Conflicts between science and religion, autonomous reason and divine revelation seem to continue in the Judeo-Christian-Muslim heritage and traditions. This holds true both in the secular West and in the Muslim East, in the scientifically and technologically most advanced societies as well as in the scientifically and technologically most backward cultures and countries. This article reviews some of the problems and issues involved in this persistent conflict, and tries to deal with the question of why such disputes and controversies arise in the first place in scientifically very weak Muslim societies.

Type
Research Article
Information
European Review , Volume 15 , Issue 3 , July 2007 , pp. 283 - 295
Copyright
© Academia Europaea 2007

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