Experts to discuss challenges of Islamic modernism
The challenges facing Islamic modernism are the focus of public lectures and a panel discussion among CU-Boulder experts and others on Thursday, April 23 on campus.
The event, “Cultural Challenges for Emerging Islamic Modernism,” will comprise public lectures from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. in the CU Leeds School of Business Koelbel Building Room 300 and an evening panel discussion from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. at the Integral Center at 3805 Broadway in Boulder.
The event, which is free and open to the public, is co-hosted by the University of Colorado Boulder and The Institute for Cultural Evolution think tank—or ICE.
The event’s Islamic guest scholars are Shireen T. Hunter from Georgetown University and Nader Hashemi of the University of Denver.
Hunter is a research professor at Georgetown University Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding. Hunter is author of many articles, anthologies and books, including Reformist Voices of Islam: Mediating Islam and Modernity.
Hashemi is an associate professor at the University of Denver Josef Korbel School of International Studies and director of the DU Center for Middle East Studies.
He is author of Islam, Secularism and Liberal Democracy: Toward a Democratic Theory for Muslim Societies, along with dozens of book chapters and articles.
Their afternoon lectures will focus on reforming Islam and on the Islamic world’s complex relationship with the West.
The guest scholars will then participate in an evening panel discussion with CU-Boulder Philosophy Professor Michael Zimmerman and Steve McIntosh, president of ICE.
The panel will consider the challenges of Islamic reform from the integral perspective on cultural evolution. Both the lectures and the panel will be followed by questions and discussion with the audience.
Zimmerman is a senior fellow of ICE and author of Integral Ecology, along with many other books and scholarly works.
McIntosh is president and senior fellow of ICE. He is author of Evolution’s Purpose and Integral Consciousness, as well as the recent paper: “Fostering Evolution in Islamic Culture.”
The evening panel discussion will be live-streamed at http://www.integralcenter.org. For more on the event, click here.
The event is sponsored by the CU-Boulder Center for Western Civilization The Institute for Cultural Evolution and CU Boulder Religious Studies Department.
April 20, 2015
The event, “Cultural Challenges for Emerging Islamic Modernism,” will comprise public lectures from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. in the CU Leeds School of Business Koelbel Building Room 300 and an evening panel discussion from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. at the Integral Center at 3805 Broadway in Boulder.
The event, which is free and open to the public, is co-hosted by the University of Colorado Boulder and The Institute for Cultural Evolution think tank—or ICE.
The event’s Islamic guest scholars are Shireen T. Hunter from Georgetown University and Nader Hashemi of the University of Denver.
Hunter is a research professor at Georgetown University Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding. Hunter is author of many articles, anthologies and books, including Reformist Voices of Islam: Mediating Islam and Modernity.
Hashemi is an associate professor at the University of Denver Josef Korbel School of International Studies and director of the DU Center for Middle East Studies.
He is author of Islam, Secularism and Liberal Democracy: Toward a Democratic Theory for Muslim Societies, along with dozens of book chapters and articles.
Their afternoon lectures will focus on reforming Islam and on the Islamic world’s complex relationship with the West.
The guest scholars will then participate in an evening panel discussion with CU-Boulder Philosophy Professor Michael Zimmerman and Steve McIntosh, president of ICE.
The panel will consider the challenges of Islamic reform from the integral perspective on cultural evolution. Both the lectures and the panel will be followed by questions and discussion with the audience.
Zimmerman is a senior fellow of ICE and author of Integral Ecology, along with many other books and scholarly works.
McIntosh is president and senior fellow of ICE. He is author of Evolution’s Purpose and Integral Consciousness, as well as the recent paper: “Fostering Evolution in Islamic Culture.”
The evening panel discussion will be live-streamed at http://www.integralcenter.org. For more on the event, click here.
The event is sponsored by the CU-Boulder Center for Western Civilization The Institute for Cultural Evolution and CU Boulder Religious Studies Department.
April 20, 2015