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18How Much Should or Can Science Impact Theological Formulations? An Ashʿarī Perspective on Theology of NatureEuropean Journal of Analytic Philosophy 18 (2). 2022.There have been many developments in the field of science and religion over the past few decades. One such development is referred to as ‘theology of nature’ (ToN), which is the activity of building or revising theological frameworks in light of contemporary scientific developments, e.g., evolution, chaos theory, and quantum mechanics. Ian Barbour, John Polkinghorne, and Arthur Peacocke, all of whom are Christian thinkers, are the most well-known advocates of this kind of thinking. However, this…Read more
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26Does criticizing intelligent design (id) undermine design discourse in the qurʾān? A kalāmic responseZygon 57 (2): 490-513. 2022.Zygon®, Volume 57, Issue 2, Page 490-513, June 2022.
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8Introduction to the symposium on Islam and evolutionZygon 57 (2): 389-392. 2022.Zygon®, Volume 57, Issue 2, Page 389-392, June 2022.
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22Al-ghazālī's divine command theoryJournal of Religious Ethics 49 (3): 546-576. 2021.This article reviews al‐Ghazālī's conception of Divine Command Theory (DCT) in light of contemporary philosophical developments. There are two well‐known objections against DCT. These include the problem of arbitrariness (PoA), which states that God randomly chose our moral framework for no reason given His capability to choose any moral commands; and the problem of God's goodness (PoGG), which questions God's goodness if morality could be other than what it is. Modern defenders of DCT have atte…Read more
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20Does belief in human evolution entail kufr (disbelief)? Evaluating the concerns of a muslim theologianZygon 55 (3): 638-662. 2020.Nuh Ha Mim Keller, a contemporary Muslim theologian, argues against the compatibility of evolution and Islam. In this article we intend to critically evaluate his position in which he advances three separate arguments. First, he criticizes the science of evolution. Second, he demonstrates the metaphysical problems with naturalism and the role of chance in the enterprise of evolution. Third, he contends that evolution and the creationist narrative in Islamic scripture is irresolvable. Given these…Read more
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22Defining Atheism and the Burden of ProofPhilosophy 93 (2): 279-301. 2018.In this paper I demonstrate how certain contemporary atheists have problematically conflatedatheismwithagnosticism(knowingly or unknowingly). The first type of conflation issemantic fusion, where the lack of belief in God is combined with the outright denial of God, under the single label of ‘atheism’. The second ismorphological fissionwhich involves the separation of atheism into two subcategories where lack of belief in God is labelled asnegativeatheism and outright denial of God aspositiveath…Read more
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12Old Texts, New Masks: A Critical Review of Misreading Evolution Onto Historical Islamic TextsZygon 54 (2): 501-522. 2019.With the increasing interest in Islam and evolution, some Islamic thinkers have vehemently rejected evolution, while others have eagerly embraced it. However, those seeking to embrace evolution sometimes err in their interpretation of historical writings. Indeed, there are texts written by famous historical scholars of Islam who seem to suggest that humans have evolved from lower forms of species. These include Ibn Khaldūn, Jalāl ad‐Dīn Rūmī, al‐Jāhiz, and The Brethren of Purity (Ikhwān al Safā)…Read more
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9God, Information and the World: The Metaphysics of William Dembski and Al-GhazālīPhilosophy 94 (4): 547-576. 2019.This article intends to review William Dembski's recent monograph entitledBeing as Communion: A Metaphysics of Information, in which he establishes an entire information-centric metaphysics. This viewpoint is compared with al-Ghazālī’s perspective, a Muslim philosophical theologian from the Medieval period. It is concluded that what Dembski defines as information, which for him is the ontological basis of the natural world, seems remarkably close to al-Ghazālī’s notion of God's will and omnipote…Read more
Shoaib Malik
Zayed University
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Zayed UniversityAssistant Professor
Areas of Specialization
Science and Religion |
Medieval Theology |
Atheism and Agnosticism, Misc |
Areas of Interest
Science and Religion |
Medieval Theology |
Atheism and Agnosticism, Misc |