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This edited volume offers an incisive exploration of the intersection between Islam and evolutionary theory-a topic that remains a focal point of vigorous academic debate and inquiry.
Sommario
Introduction
1 Adamic Lineal Exceptionalism: A Twelver-Sh¿¿¿ Perspective on Human Evolution
Ali Safdari and Fatemah Meghji2 Adam and Eve's Garden in Sunn¿ Islamic Thought: Heaven or Earth?
David Solomon Jalajel, Shoaib Ahmed Malik, Marzuqa Karima and Nadda Khan3 ¿Im¿d and ¿¿l¿¿ al-D¿n B¿ Bikr ¿asan's Call of the Ruminants (¿dh¿n al-An¿¿m): A Speculative Evolutionary Theology
Karim Gabor Kocsenda4 Maurice Bucaille and The Theory of Evolution: Neo-Lamarckism and the Qur¿¿n
Shoaib Ahmed Malik and Glen Moran5 Evolution of the Evolution: Dealing with the Question of Evolution in Three Generations of Modern Indonesian
Tafs¿r (
Exegesis)
Ayub and Fadhli Lukman6 The Iranian Reception of the Theory of Evolution: A Disturbing Case in a Metanarrative
Saida Mirsadri
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Shoaib Ahmed Malik is Lecturer in Science and Religion at the University of Edinburgh. With a PhD in Chemical Engineering from the University of Nottingham and another in Theology from the University of St Mary's, Twickenham, Shoaib stands at the crossroads of science and religion. His monograph work
, Islam and Evolution: Al-Ghaz¿l¿ and the Modern Evolutionary Paradigm, was acclaimed as the foremost academic contribution to the field of science and religion, receiving recognition from the International Society for Science and Religion (ISSR) in 2022. He holds the position of Trustee at the ISSR and serves on the editorial board of
Theology and Science.
David Solomon Jalajel is a researcher at King Saud University's Prince Sultan Research Institute. He holds a PhD in Islamic and Arabic Studies from the University of the Western Cape. He also holds the Higher Specialization in Islamic Law and the Higher Specialization in Arabic from the D¿r al-Ul¿m, Strand. Jalajel's research focuses on the interface between traditional Islamic frameworks and contemporary issues, particularly in the sciences. His monograph work,
Islam and Biological Evolution: Exploring Classical Sources and Methodologies, was a pioneering exploration into the implications that traditional Sunn¿ approaches to hermeneutics and metaphysics could have on Muslim reception of evolution.
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This edited volume offers an incisive exploration of the intersection between Islam and evolutionary theory—a topic that remains a focal point of vigorous academic debate and inquiry.
