Introducing the Islamic Analytic Theology Initiative – Phase 1

by Kalam Research & Media | 18 Sep, 2014 | Events & Reports, Islamic Analytic Theology, Latest News, Research, Science, Workshops

For centuries, scholars in the Muslim scholars have engaged with the fields of theology, philosophy, logic and science. Analytic and systematic thought are present throughout Islamic intellectual history. These fields however are little understood today and are in...

KRM Holds First Intensive Course on Analytic Theology in Istanbul

by Kalam Research & Media | 15 Sep, 2014 | Events & Reports, Islamic Analytic Theology, Latest News, Research, Science, Workshops

In partnership with the Istanbul Foundation for Research and Education (ISAR) and the John Templeton Foundation, Kalam Research & Media (KRM) conducted its first Crash Course on Analytic Philosophy and Theology for Students of Kalam from September 1 to September...

KRM partners with leading Bosnian academic think-tank

by Kalam Research & Media | 26 Aug, 2014 | Events & Reports, Featured, Islamic Analytic Theology, Latest News, Research, Science, Workshops

Kalam Research and Media (KRM) is partnering with one of the leading Bosnian organisations, International Forum Bosnia, to collaborate on joint research on analytic theology with leading Bosnian Muslim scholars and in the formation of the Bosnian Kalam Collegium. Dr...

KRM sponsors conference on the later Ash’ari theological school

by Kalam Research & Media | 14 Jul, 2014 | Events & Reports, Featured, Islamic Analytic Theology, Latest News, Research, Science, Workshops

The Ash’ari school is the dominant and most influential school of theology and philosophical theology in pre-modern Islam, and still exerts considerable influence, mostly implicit, on contemporary Islamic thought. In many respects, however, it remains sorely...

Analytic Method Working Group Meets in Dubai

by Kalam Research & Media | 24 Jun, 2014 | Events & Reports, Featured, Islamic Analytic Theology, Latest News, Research, Science, Workshops

The Analytic Method Working Group is part of the Islamic Analytic Theology Initiative (IAT): Building Foundational Analytic Resources, Phase 1, a joint project between Kalam Research and Media, the John Templeton Foundation, and other supporting institutions....

The Importance of Kalam and the Revival of Theological Discourse

by Kalam Research & Media | 06 Apr, 2014 | Events & Reports, Featured, Islamic Analytic Theology, Latest News, Research, Science, Workshops

Kalam has always been a foundational Islamic science and it was only in the twentieth century that the discipline became discredited in the wake of puritanical propaganda. For centuries, however, it served to buttress the faith from the challenges of its times; its...