CFI-L.A.'s FEED YOUR BRAIN Lecture Series presents

An Illusion of Harmony - Science and Religion in Islam

Sunday, Nov. 18
11 a.m. in Hollywood
4:30 p.m. in Costa Mesa*

     Muslim cultures are often enthusiastic about technology, but as a result of a reluctance to separate science from religion, they are resistant to modern scientific views of the world. Modern Muslims, no less than fundamentalist Christians, feel a need to respond to the tendency of modern science to cast doubt on supernatural realities, so states Prof. Taner Edis in his new book, An Illusion of Harmony: Science and Religion in Islam.

     Conservative Muslims are distorting science to support traditional beliefs, endorsing creationism, or attempting to find modern science prophesied in the Quran, while more moderate Muslims move toward more metaphorical interpretations but have less power. Even liberals hesitate to separate science from religion. Some even try to "Islamicize science."

     Prof. Edis, who was born in Istanbul of Turkish and American parents, holds a Ph.D. in physics from Johns Hopkins University. He has written and spoken frequently on religious and paranormal claims. Copies of his books will be available for sale and signing.

*This event will be repeated at 4:30 p.m. at the Costa Mesa Community Center, 1845 Park Ave. map

$6, or free for Friends of the Center

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The Center for Inquiry-Los Angeles
4773 Hollywood Boulelvard.,
Hollywood, CA 90027
2 blocks west of Vermont at Berendo  map
Free parking!