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Muslims, the Secular & Existential Risk

The MUSER project establishes a major new field of study addressing Muslim responses to the panoply of existential risks facing humankind in the 21st century.

Such risks include pandemic diseases, the climate emergency, nuclear conflict, and threats from potentially malevolent developments in Artificial Intelligence.

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Science does not answer all questions we have as a species.

Science does not answer all questions we have as a species.

Science does not answer all questions we have as a species.

Science does not answer all questions we have as a species.

Science does not answer all questions we have as a species.

Meet the Project Team

Religious voices are largely absent from conversations around existential risk, despite the fact that the majority of the world’s population identify as religious and the reality that these risks, by their very nature, threaten us all.

The core hypothesis of the MUSER project is that by de-secularizing approaches to knowledge construction, and by taking seriously the Islamic concept of ilm (knowledge) with respect to risk, we will open new epistemological perspectives as well as potential responses to the existential challenges that all of humanity faces.

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Knowledge Through Surrender

A research seminar with Dr Lili Di Puppo who will address Muslim ontologies, transcendence and anthropology.
Tuesday 28 January, 13:00 GMT, Cambridge Anthropology-Theology (CAT) Network's research seminar

Research Overview

Muslims, the Secular, and Existential Risk: An Overview of a Research Project engaging Anthropology and Theology
Wednesday 20th November, 16:00-17:30, Department of Theology and Religious Studies, University of Chester
Attendance is hybrid, through MS Teams. Contact us at muser@chester.ac.uk for the link to join

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