Dr Shanon Shah - Tutor in Islam
Dr Shanon Shah holds a doctorate in the sociology of religion from King’s College London. He previously lectured in religious studies there and at the University of Kent.
Topics covered
Section A
- The relations between religion and science
- Problematic models of these relations: New Atheism and intelligent design
Section B
- A key historical dispute: Galileo
- The idea of scientific method
- Cosmology and the Anthropic Principle
- Teleology and biology
- Neuroscience and the evolutionary psychology of religion
- Religion and technology 1: Robotics
- Religion and technology 2: The ethical implications of life extension
- Faith and the crossing of biological boundaries.
Assessment
Forum participation (10%); a two thousand word essay (40%) and a 1.5-hour unseen written examination (50%).
Tutor in Interfaith Relations