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ID163460
Title ProperIslam–science relation from the perspective of post-revolutionary Iranian religious intellectuals
LanguageENG
AuthorAkbar, Ali
Summary / Abstract (Note)Throughout Islamic history, various arguments have been raised by Muslim scholars concerning how the Quran and scientific knowledge are related to one another. This paper seeks to examine how contemporary Iranian religious intellectuals (rowshanfekrān-e-dīnī) have dealt with the question of the compatibility or incompatibility between Islam and science. In particular, the paper focuses on the writings of two of the most significant reformers of the post-revolutionary era, namely Abdolkarim Soroush and Muhammad Mujtahed Shabestari, concerning the relation between science and religion. The paper also examines the extent to which the ideas of these two thinkers about the relation between Islam and science reflect those of pre-modern and modern Muslim scholars. To do so, I first examine various pre-modern and modern discourses within the Islamic tradition about Islam–science relation as well as the scientific exegesis of the Quran, and then investigate the extent to which Soroush’s and Shabestari’s perspectives are related to such discourses. The central argument of the paper is that the theories proposed by Soroush and Shabestari significantly differ from the views of those modern and pre-modern Muslim scholars who attempt to argue in favour of the dichotomous view that Islam is either compatible or incompatible with scientific knowledge.
`In' analytical NoteBritish Journal of Middle East Studies Vol. 46, 1, Feb-2019; p104-122
Journal SourceBritish Journal of Middle East Studies Vol: 46 No 1
Key WordsIran ;  Islamic History ;  Post-Revolutionary ;  Iranian Religious Intellectuals


 
 
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