Sept 8-9, 2018
Gordon Center, University of Chicago
Symposium Overview
By bringing together an international cohort of academicians, clinicians, and Islamic seminarians, this symposium and workshop aims to fill a major lacuna within academic discourse on the scholastic traditions of Islam and the human sciences. The symposium, sponsored by the Templeton Foundation and co-organized in collaboration with the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, will focus on the relationships between Islamic theology and metaphysics in addition to how theological and metaphysical constructs within Islam interfere with the science and practice of medicine.
Welcoming Remarks
Dr. Aasim I. Padela
University of Chicago
Medical Knowledge and Concepts of Health in Medieval Islamic History
Prof. Peter E. Pormann
University of Manchester
Prof. Ahmed Ragab
Harvard University
Interfaces Between Biomedical Knowledge and Islamic Epistemology
Prof. Ayman Shabana
Georgetown University
Shaykh Kamaluddin Ahmed
University of Oxford
Dr. Aasim I. Padela
University of Chicago
Keynote Address: A Ghazalian Approach to Integrating Science and Theology
Prof. Muhammad Afifi al-Akiti
University of Oxford
The Soul, The Psyche, and The Reality of Death: Bridging Philosophy, Theology, and Lived Tradition
Dr. Mehrunisha Suleman
University of Cambridge
Shaykh Dr. Asim Yusuf
Royal College of Psychiatrists
Dr. Rafaqat Rashid
AlBalagh Academy
Keynote Address: Reconsidering Religion vs Science Debate
Prof. Omar Qureshi
Zaytuna College
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