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Islamic Theology and Extraterrestrial Life
New Frontiers in Science and Religion
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eBook - ePub
Islamic Theology and Extraterrestrial Life
New Frontiers in Science and Religion
About this book
Over the last thirty years, humanity has discovered thousands of planets outside of our solar system. The discovery of extraterrestrial life could be imminent. This book explains how such a discovery might impact Islamic theology. It is the foundational reference on the subject, comprising a variety of different insights from both Sunni and Shi'i positions, from different Muslim contexts, and with chapters that compare and contrast Islamic perspectives with Christianity. Together, they address some of our biggest questions through an Islamic lens: What makes humans unique in the cosmos? What are the ethics of dealing with other sentient beings? And how universal is salvation?
Given the accelerating advances in exoplanet research and astrobiology, the book is at the frontier of science and Islamic thought. Contributors include a range of leading experts from Muslim theologians, scholars of comparative religion and philosophers, to historians, social scientists and natural scientists.
Given the accelerating advances in exoplanet research and astrobiology, the book is at the frontier of science and Islamic thought. Contributors include a range of leading experts from Muslim theologians, scholars of comparative religion and philosophers, to historians, social scientists and natural scientists.
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Yes, you can access Islamic Theology and Extraterrestrial Life by Jörg Matthias Determann, Shoaib Ahmed Malik, Jörg Matthias Determann,Shoaib Ahmed Malik in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Social Sciences & Religion & Science. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Endorsements
- Half-Title
- Dedication
- Title
- Contents
- List of Contributors
- Islamic theology on the final frontier
- 1 Theological information on the existence of intelligent life outside our solar system: Metaphysics, scripture and science
- 2 Does the Qurʾān affirm extraterrestrial life?: A hermeneutic analysis of Sūrat al-Naḥl (Q. 16:8)
- 3 Islamic sacred resources on extraterrestrials and their possible eschatological implications
- 4 Extraterrestrials and moral accountability: Non-human moral personhood through the lens of classical Sunnī theology and law
- 5 Classical Muslim thought and the theological implications and possibility of non-human intelligence
- 6 Extraterrestrial intelligent life and Islamic beliefs: Investigating six potential conflicts
- 7 The alien in the lamp? The jinn and alien life in Islamic theology
- 8 A Qurʾānic ufology? Seven exotheological hypotheses of the Indonesian ‘Islamic UFO’ community
- 9 Exotheology in contemporary Egyptian science fiction: A comparative appraisal
- Index
- Copyright