Philosophy of Science and Philosophy of Religion in Islam: Online Course and Reading Group
The aim is to go through two fundamental texts, which are essential to the field of Islam and Science:
- Philosophy of Science: The Central Issues, by Martin Curd and Jan A. Cover (1998), because it reviews the ideas and trends that serve as the philosophical basis of today's society.
- Philosophy of Religion in Islam: A Reader of Critical Sources, by Rahim Acar and M. Cüneyt Kaya (2025), because it summarizes the core tenets of the Islamic faith.
The goal is to critically read the philosophy of science from an Islamically informed viewpoint, while exploring how modern scientific paradigms might interplay with classical Islamic philosophy.
We endeavour to go through these two texts, one chapter per month, alternating between the two. The Burhan Institute will produce short video summaries of each reading, followed by an online scholarly discussion open to the public.
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Chapter Videos & Recordings
Video summaries for "Philosophy of Religion in Islam" by Rahim Acar and M. Cüneyt Kaya
PART I: Religion and Reason
Coming Up
- Ibn al-Malāḥimī, The Invalidity of Conjecture in Accepting Religious Beliefs
- Al-Ghazālī, Evaluation of Different Approaches on the Relationship of Reason and Revelation
- Al-Juwaynī, Justification of Prophethood
- Abū Ḥātim al-Rāzī and Abū Bakr al-Rāzī, Why Is There a Need for a Prophet?
- Al-Fārābī, Religion as a Social Order
- Ibn al-'Arabī, The Meaning of Religion and the Status of Prophethood
- Al-Fārābī, Philosophy, Religion, and Theology as Parts of a Hierarchically Ordered Whole
- Ibn Ṭufayl, Revelation and Reason Are Different Ways That Show the Same Truth
- Ibn Rushd, The Final Words on the Relationship between Philosophy and Religion
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