Aims

By bringing together an international cohort of academicians, clinicians, and Islamic seminarians, this symposium and workshop aims to fill a major lacuna within academic discourse on the scholastic traditions of Islam and the human sciences.

The symposium, sponsored by the Templeton Foundation and co-organized in collaboration with the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, will focus on:

• The relationships between Islamic theology and metaphysics on the one hand, and biomedicine on the other

• How theological and metaphysical constructs within Islam interfere with the science and practice of medicine

The workshop, supported by the Chicago Muslim Medical Alliance, will provide an in-depth conceptual introduction to the Islamic perspectives on the organ donation debate and will examine:

• The practical and theological ethics of organ donation in Muslim contexts and from an Islamic perspective

• Cover key concepts within Islamic theology, law and ethical frameworks as they relate to bioethics

Symposium Schedule

View the symposium schedule here.  Watch the symposium videos here.

Workshop Intensive Schedule

View the one day intensive schedule here. Watch the symposium videos here