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- In an age of science and reason, novel questions are being raised about Islam's relationship with science and in particular Darwinian evolution, this lecture will cover the:
1) Relationship between science and certainty,
2) Why Darwinian theory is based on a probabilistic framework,
3) Why it's assumptions are beginning to be challenged and the disputes that exist about it's most fundamental ideas,
4) Darwinism as a religious and ethical system,
5) Islamic stance on the Darwinian Theory.
This talk was delivered at Oxford Brookes University in March 2017
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- In an age of science and reason, novel questions are being raised about Islam's relationship with science and in particular Darwinian evolution, this lecture will cover the:
1) Relationship between science and certainty,
2) Why Darwinian theory is based on a probabilistic framework,
3) Why it's assumptions are beginning to be challenged and the disputes that exist about it's most fundamental ideas,
4) Darwinism as a religious and ethical system,
5) Islamic stance on the Darwinian Theory.
This talk was delivered at Oxford Brookes University in March 2017
Join the conversation:
___________________
__________________
iERA
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Who was Darwin?Charles Robert Darwin (12 February 1809-19 April 1882) was an English naturalist, geologist and biologist. He is best known for his contributions to the science of evolution. He established that all species of life have descended over time from
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