CIS~ Resources on Islam & Science

<body background="arb-scn.jpg" bgproperties="fixed"> <p align="center"><img border="0" src="res-cl-tp.jpg" width="674" height="120"></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://www.cis-ca.org/index-n.htm">home</a>        <a href="mailto:Muzaffar@cis-ca.org">contact</a></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <blockquote> <blockquote> <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify"><span style="position: absolute; left: 14; top: 462"><img border="0" src="res-t.jpg" width="71" height="98"></span>he lack of easily accessible bio/bibliographical resources on Islam and science is one of the most important limiting factors in the growth of Islam and science discourse. This missing link is also crucial for the whole field of religion and science for it means that almost one thousand years of human endeavour in the field of religion and science remains under utilized in the contemporary discourse. There are literally hundreds of works from the Islamic scientific tradition that are still relevant to the discourse on science and religion because they have dealt with the fundamental issues.</p> </blockquote> </blockquote> <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">Realizing the importance of these resources for science and religion discourse in general and for Islam and science in particular, the Center for Islam and Science (CIS) has embarked upon a major undertaking: CIS plans to complete the first phase of its project on the development of web-based resources on Islam and science. The new resources are accessible at <a href="http://www.cis-ca.org/">www.cis-ca.org</a> and the site is being updated on a weekly basis; the deadline for the completion of the first phase of this two-year project is December 31, 2001. The whole project will be completed by December 31, 2002.</p> <h5 align="justify"><font size="4" color="#0000A0">Components of the Project</font></h5> <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">(i) Glossary/Index</p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">(ii) Major Voices in Islam and Science</p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">(iii) Annotated Bibliography</p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">(iv) Islam and Science through the Ages</p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify"><font size="4" color="#0000A0">Glossary/Index</font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">The Glossary/Index is the most direct way of searching the database for all entries. This includes<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>links to biographical notes, technical terms and major works. In case of familiar Latinized names, such as Avicenna, the entry can be search by both the original Arabic name, Ibn Sina, as well as by the Latin version.</p> <p class="MsoBodyText3" align="justify"><font size="4" color="#0000A0">Major Voices in Islam and Science</font></p> <p class="MsoBodyText3" align="justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">CIS offers the most comprehensive database of major voices in Islam and science discourse. Our database covers the entire period of Islamic tradition</span><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Symbol; font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-ascii-font-family: NewBskvll BT; mso-hansi-font-family: NewBskvll BT; color: black">¾  </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">from the eighth to the twenty-first century. Any database of this nature has to remain a work in progress by its very definition. But by the time of the completion of the current project (December 31, 2002), CIS hopes to have complete listing of major contemporary scholars and a near complete listing of the pre-twentieth century scholars.<o:p> </o:p> </span></p> <p class="MsoBodyText3" align="justify"><i><font color="#0000A0"><font size="3">Who is included?</font><o:p> </font> </o:p> </i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">This periodically updated annotated biographical database is limited to those scientists/scholars whose work has contributed to the discourse on the relationship between Islam and science. This may mean exclusion of some of the most significant Muslim scientists whose scientific work is of immense value to science itself but who have not written on the relationship between Islam and science.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>For the same reason, those eminent scholars of Islam who have not written about science will not be included.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">For the purposes of this database, the Islamic scientific tradition has been divided into three periods: The first period starts from the beginning of the Islamic scientific tradition in the eighth century and ends at 1800 AD. The second period covers 1800 to 1950 AD and the third starts from 1950; this last period will remain open ended; making it possible for us to continuously update the list as more scholars join the discourse.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">This division is not entirely arbitrary; many factors specific to the developments within the Islamic scientific tradition have informed our choice. However, in the final analysis, it is an editorial decision that we have had to make in order to delimit the task.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify"><font size="4" color="#0000A0">Annotated Bibliography</font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">The annotated bibliography on Islam and science provides introductory remarks about some of the most important works in the field. The period and subjects cover the entire range of Islamic science. It is also a work in progress.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify"><font size="4" color="#0000A0">Islam and Science Through the Ages</font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">This historical time line provides an easy way of searching major developments in the history of Islam and science discourse. It is internally linked to the bio/bibliographical database thus making it easier to tap all resources available in the database. Hijrah dates precede the Common Era dates.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify"><font size="4" color="#0000A0">Acknowledgements</font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify">The Editors are thankful to Professor Seyyed Hossein Nasr and Professor Osman Bakr for their valuable advice and inputs. This project is supported by a grant from the John Templeton Foundation.</p> <div style="position: absolute; top: 200; left: 21; width: 144; height: 228"> <p><a href="cis_glossary.htm">Glossary</a></p> <p>Islam and Science<br> through the Ages</p> <p><a href="cis_voices.htm">Major Voices in<br> Islam and Science</a></p> <p>Annotated Bibliography</p> <p>Book Reviews</p> </div> </body>