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Science, Religion, and Secularism Part XVI: Did Medieval Islamic Theology Subvert Science?

January 4, 2018 by Daniel Halverson 11 Comments

Science, Religion, and Secularism Part XVI: Did Medieval Islamic Theology Subvert Science?

Part of the way the prestige of science has been established in our own time is through the rhetoric of favorable contrasts. In previous articles, we’ve seen one instance of this contrast in the tripartite division of European history: rational inquiry flourished in the ancient world, withered in the medieval times, and was revived again in the time of the Continue Reading …

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