Evolution, the Purpose of Life and the Order of Society: How a Nurcu connects worldview and normativity in pseudo-biographical narratives

Martin Thomas Riexinger

doi:10.17192/mjr.2020.22.8305

Evolution, the Purpose of Life and the Order of Society: How a Nurcu connects worldview and normativity in pseudo-biographical narratives

Bidragets oversatte titel: Evolution, livets mening og samfundets orden: Hvordan en Nurcu forbinder verdenssyn og normativitet i pseudobiografiske tekster

Martin Thomas Riexinger

Institut for Kultur og Samfund - Arabisk og Islamstudier, fag

Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift/Konferencebidrag i tidsskrift /Bidrag til avis › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › peer review

Abstract

This essay scrutinizes how the conceptualization of the notion of ‘miracle’ varies in the works of contemporary Muslim authors who share (but differently define) the assumption that Islam and science enjoy a special harmony. Their positions are analyzed after a brief reconstruction of the multiple meanings of the very term ‘miracle’ and an historical excursus on the Christian and Muslim tradition respectively. I argue that such variation is dependent on each author’s understanding of science and technology, and complementarily, on the prestige and appeal exerted by science and technology on the authors’ respective readership.

Bidragets oversatte titel	Evolution, livets mening og samfundets orden: Hvordan en Nurcu forbinder verdenssyn og normativitet i pseudobiografiske tekster
Originalsprog	Engelsk
Tidsskrift	Marburg Journal of Religion
Vol/bind	22
Nummer	2
Antal sider	19
DOI	https://doi.org/10.17192/mjr.2020.22.8305
Status	Udgivet - 2020

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Islam i Tyrkiet
kreationisme
Nurculuk

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Mennesket, den ”åbenlyse modstander”, som sprække i skabelsens harmoni: Den ’brækkede’ analogisme i Koranen og hos Nurcu-bevægelsen i det moderne Tyrkiet
Riexinger, M. T., 2025, (Accepteret/In press) I: Religionsvidenskabeligt Tidsskrift.
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Riexinger, M. T., 25 jul. 2025, Encyclopaedia of the Qur'an. Pink, J. (red.). Leiden: Brill, Bind Supplement 2025.
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Evolution, the Purpose of Life and the Order of Society: How a Nurcu connects worldview and normativity in pseudo-biographical narratives

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Said Nursi

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