A report on the research projects of the Center for Science and Theology

The Center for Science and Theology of the Institute for Fundamental Studies of Science and Technology at Shahid Beheshti University has so far published 2 calls for support for researchers.

According to the Center for Science and Theology of Shahid Beheshti University, the Center for Science and Theology of the Institute for Fundamental Studies of Science and Technology of Shahid Beheshti University launched the first call in February 2020 and the second call in February 2021 to support researchers in science and theology in the following areas:

a) Physical sciences, related technologies, and theology;

b) Biological sciences and technologies and theology;

c) Cognitive sciences, related technologies, and theology;

(d) Social Sciences, Humanities and Theology;

e) General topics of science and theology;

It was announced that 26 research projects were submitted to the Center’s Secretariat in the first call and 50 in the second call. After reviewing the research proposals by the Center’s specialized committee, 8 proposals from the first call and 6 proposals from the second call were deemed worthy of receiving support from the Center. The information on these projects is listed in the tables below.

The purpose of this program was to strive to better understand the relationship between science and theology, especially the relationship between science and Islamic theology, through conducting distinguished research and also promoting exploration of the relationship between science and theology in the public domain.

Selected projects from the first call of the Center for Science and Theology (February 2020):

1- Divine activity and the problem of religious experience with regard to the foundations of cognitive sciences

2- The Confrontation of Science and Religion in a Common Territory: Opportunities and Threats

3- Compatibility of science and religion: An Islamic perspective

4- Miniature brains and mapping their moral status

5- Utilizing the school of transcendental wisdom and its development in examining several fundamental physical issues, including the beginning and end of the universe and the relationship between God and nature.

6- The beginning of the world and the emergence of the world from nothing from the perspective of modern cosmology and Islamic philosophy and theology

7- Studying the verses related to the creation and the end of the world in the Holy Quran based on modern physics in a functional approach

8- Unraveling the conflict of authority between religion and the humanities for guiding society in the thought of Friedrich Schleiermacher

Selected projects of the second call for proposals of the Center for Science and Theology (February 1401):

1-Faith as Practical Knowledge – A Legacy from Allameh Tabataba’i

2- The Ethics of Technological Virtue: A Contribution from the Perspective of Islamic Tradition

3- Science and religion: diverse human needs

4-Fine tuning

5- Are randomness and guidedness additive?

6- The institution of science and the theological problem of evil; fundamental issues and categories