Vatican Engagements: A Muslim Theologian’s Journey in Muslim–Catholic Dialogue (Vol. I)

by Kalam Research & Media | 13 Sep, 2015 | Books, Islamic Analytic Theology, Publications, Research, Science

Download here: Vatican Engagements Hard copies can be purchased on Amazon. This volume brings together the writings of Dr. Aref Ali Nayed, one of the Muslim world’s leading theologians, tracing his engagement and dialogue with the Catholic Church and with...

Kalam Cosmological Argument Course at Tubingen

by Kalam Research & Media | 03 Sep, 2015 | Events & Reports, Islamic Analytic Theology, Latest News, Research, Science, Workshops

A group of graduate students from Tubingen, Munster, Berlin, Istanbul, and Cambridge participated in a 5-day long crash course on the Kalam Cosmological Argument in Analytic Philosophy and Traditional Kalam. The crash course was held at the Center for Islamic Theology...

Dr Aref Nayed Speaks on Tradition of Compassion at Muntada Colloquium

by Kalam Research & Media | 25 Jun, 2015 | Events & Reports, Featured, Islamic Analytic Theology, Latest News, Research, Science, Workshops

Dr. Aref Nayed’s lecture at a colloquium on “Islam in the 21st Century: Overcoming the Challenges of Extremism” organised by The Salama bint Hamdan Al Nahyan Foundation at Manarat Al Saadiyat in Abu Dhabi, was a welcome reminder about the tradition of...

International Symposium on Ottoman Kalam: Call for Papers

by Kalam Research & Media | 20 Jun, 2015 | Events & Reports, Featured, Islamic Analytic Theology, Latest News, Research, Science, Workshops

Kalam Research and Media (KRM) and the Istanbul Foundation for Research and Education (ISAR) are holding an international symposium on Ottoman Kalam scholarship and its impact on the Islamic and human sciences. The symposium is titled “Ottoman Kalam: Scholars,...

Conference on Causality and Occasionalism

by Kalam Research & Media | 17 Jun, 2015 | Events & Reports, Featured, Islamic Analytic Theology, Latest News, Research, Science, Workshops

An international workshop and conference on the theories of causality in relation to occasionalism were held at Bogazici University in Istanbul between 2nd June and 7th 2015 and co-sponsored by Kalam Research & Media, The John Templeton Foundation and Bogazici...

Contemporary Curriculum and the Future of the Madrasa

by Kalam Research & Media | 06 May, 2015 | Islamic Analytic Theology, Latest News, Research, Science, Workshops

A diverse group of contemporary Muslim educators met at the Cambridge Muslim College on 2—3 May 2015 to begin a discussion on a contemporary curriculum for the Islamic sciences with particular focus on the “rational sciences” (‘ulum ‘aqliyya). The meeting...