Study of Islamic thinkers views On relationship between religion and science (Comparative study; Prof. Nasr Hans Kung)*

Study of Islamic thinkers views On relationship between religion and science (Comparative study; Prof. Nasr Hans Kung)*

Abstract Religion is not only not opposed to scientific and technological progress, on the contrary, it encourages it, laying stress only on two points: Scientific, technological and social progress shall not result in man waxing proud and thereby disregarding his Creator.This endeavor and progress shall be utilized to better the condition of men and never be used in propagating sin or to buttress the foundations of cruelty and oppression. As a sample ,concerning the Darwin’s theory, Nasr attacks what he calls the hypothesis of evolution. He uses the term not to mean modifications within a particular species (which do occur, he says, as a species adapts itself to changed natural conditions) but the belief that through natural processes one species is actually transformed into another. Nasr passionately criticizes this on a wide variety of grounds -- metaphysical, cosmological, religious, logical, mathematical, physical, biological, and paleontological -- building arguments too complex to recapitulate here. His central concern is that what he calls the deification of historical process has become so powerful that in many souls it has replaced religion and veils the archetypal realities. Key Words: religion , science , relationship , historical process, Hans Kung

Abstract Religion is not only not opposed to scientific and technological progress, on the contrary, it encourages it, laying stress only on two points: Scientific, technological and social progress shall not result in man waxing proud and thereby disregarding his Creator.This endeavor and progress shall be utilized to better the condition of men and never be used in propagating sin or to buttress the foundations of cruelty and oppression. As a sample ,concerning the Darwin’s theory, Nasr attacks what he calls the hypothesis of evolution. He uses the term not to mean modifications within a particular species (which do occur, he says, as a species adapts itself to changed natural conditions) but the belief that through natural processes one species is actually transformed into another. Nasr passionately criticizes this on a wide variety of grounds -- metaphysical, cosmological, religious, logical, mathematical, physical, biological, and paleontological -- building arguments too complex to recapitulate here. His central concern is that what he calls the deification of historical process has become so powerful that in many souls it has replaced religion and veils the archetypal realities. Key Words: religion , science , relationship , historical process, Hans Kung