Saturday Video: Asimov on faith, reason and the concern for future
This is from 1988 - but American politics still seems the same. In any case, here is a clip of a Bill Moyer conversation with Isaac Asimov:
What is Irtiqa?
Irtiqa is Salman Hameed's blog. A few years ago (before Facebook killed many of the blogs), it used to track stories of science & religion, especially those related to Muslim societies. That is still one of its foci, but now it dovetails more of Salman's interests including film, astronomy, science fiction, and science outreach in both Pakistan and the US.
Irtiqa literally means evolution in Urdu. But it does not imply only biological evolution. Instead, it is an all encompassing word used for evolution of the universe, biological evolution, and also for biological/human development. While it has created confusion in debates over biological evolution in South Asia, it provides a nice integrative name for this blog. For further information, contact Salman Hameed.
The blog banner is designed by Muhammad Aurangzeb Ahmad. You can find all his creative endeavors at Orangie.
Salman Hameed
Salman is an astronomer and Associate Professor of Integrated Science & Humanities at Hampshire College, Massachusetts. Currently, he is working on understanding the rise of creationism in contemporary Islamic world and how Muslims view the relationship between science & religion. He is also working with historian Tracy Leavelle at Creighton University to analyze reconciliation efforts between astronomers and Native Hawaiians over telescopes on top of sacred Mauna Kea in Hawaii. He teaches “History and Philosophy of Science & Religion” with philosopher Laura Sizer, and “Science in the Islamic World”, both at Hampshire College. Salman and Laura Sizer are also responsible for the ongoing Hampshire College Lecture Series on Science & Religion, and you can find videos of all these lectures below. Contact information here.
LABELS
- Arab Spring
- art
- Astronomy
- Astronomy Pictures from Pakistan
- atheism
- beliefs of scientists
- Catholic Church and science
- creationism
- education
- education in muslim world
- ethics morality and science
- evolution
- faith and medicine
- film theater and television
- Friday Journal Club
- general
- history
- humor
- intelligent design
- Irtiqa Conversations
- Islam and Modernity
- islam and science
- Islamic Calendar
- islamic creationism
- Judaism and science
- media
- Muslims in Europe
- off topic
- Pakistan
- politics of science and religion
- posts by Nidhal Guessoum
- primates
- pseudoscience
- religion and environmentalism
- Religion and Health
- Religion and Technology
- Saturday Video
- science and Native religions
- science and religion books
- science fiction
- science in muslim world
- science of belief
- science of morality
- science religion and terrorism
- UFO religions
Blog Archive
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- The reasons/rewards for being in academia...
- Too much 'Heart over Head' in Luhrmann's new book ...
- Saturday Video: Searching for the Higgs Boson
- Colbert takes on a young earth creationist...
- Rosetta Stone back to Egypt?
- Leonardo's Anatomy
- A French Imam versus John Templeton Jr. on the iss...
- Saturday Video: Asimov on faith, reason and the co...
- Some Floyd at Pompeii
- Meaningful collaboration between academics from In...
- On the origins of Shariah Law...
- Does the Arab world (not) need basic science?
- Learning from India's learning curve on science
- Saturday Video: On Cosmology, Big Bang and Cosmic ...
- The hedonist northeast versus the pious south
- A Film Autopsy of "The Hunger Games"
- April 12th: Science and Religion Lecture on Astrob...
- A new book on having a two-way conversation with God
- A Close-up of the Moon from Lahore
- ‘Cosmology and Qur’an’ panel at the University of ...
- Seeing signs for "End Times" in everyday events...
- Saturday Video: Where are the aliens?
- A new book on understanding creationism in the US
- A Film Autopsy of the Iranian film "A Separation"
- The ‘Roqia’ (Islamic Healing) Scams
- And the Templeton Prize goes to...Dalai Lama
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