Don’t miss our conference on “Science and Spirituality in the Islamic World.”
We often oppose “believing” to “knowing,” or the “subjectivity” of religion to the “objectivity” of science. Our collective imagination is shaped by a historical narrative of the relationship between science and faith that imposes a conflictual dynamic, reaching its peak in the early 17th century with the burning of Giordano Bruno and the trial of Galileo. We will show, from a broader historical perspective, that the narrative of a conflictual relationship is not relevant, and that the term “reconciliation,” prominent in the current debate between science and religion in the West, is not appropriate for the Muslim world, where there has been no major conflict. However, the porosity between these two fields of knowledge did not lead to their confusion, and the naive concordism that sees scientific statements in sacred texts is primarily a modern phenomenon.
Led by Ines Safi, theoretical physics researcher at the University of Paris-Saclay.
Date and venue: Friday, December 1st at 6:00 PM at the Institut Français de Casablanca.
