THE “SCIENTIFIC MIRACLE OF THE QUR’ĀN,” PSEUDOSCIENCE, AND CONSPIRACISM with Alexandra Prince, “Stirpiculture: Science‐Guided Human Propagation and the Oneida Community”; Ismael Apud, “Science, Spirituality, and Ayahuasca: The Problem of Consciousness and Spiritual Ontologies in the Academy”; Ankur Barua, “Investigating the ‘Science’ in ‘Eastern Religions’: A Methodological Inquiry”; Stefano Bigliardi, “The ‘Scientific Miracle of the Qur’ān,’ Pseudoscience, and Conspiracism”; and E. Allen Jones III, “A Terminator, a Transformer, and Job Meet: Creator‐Created Relatio

• Published in: Zygon Vol. 52; no. 1; pp. 146 - 171
• Main Author: Bigliardi, Stefano
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 01.03.2017

Abstract This article, after tracing a precise classification of the exegetical trend known as iʿjāz ʿilmī , summarizes and discusses the criticism leveled at it and examines how the “scientific interpretation” of the Qur’ān is liable to blend with pseudoscience and conspiracy theories to the detrim...