Johanne Louise Christiansen (PI)
Quranatura: Negotiations of Qur’anic Nature in Islam
Sapere Aude Research Project
Read more about the projectThe relationship between religion and nature is more relevant than ever before and religious environmental movements are established worldwide. Also, within Islam, the Qur'an, prophetic traditions, and Islamic philosophy are being searched to explain climate change, thus actualizing historical and religious texts with the aim of legitimizing sustainable solutions. The Quranatura project investigates how and why such "green reinterpretations" take place.
The project is supported with the Sapere Aude grant from the Independent Research Fund Denmark and runs from 2024-2027.
Hypotheses, Research Statements, and Theoretical Framework
Subproject 2: Views of Animals between Greek and Islamic Neoplatonism and the Qur’an
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Photo: Double frontispiece from a copy of Firdawsi’s Shahnama. ‘Solomon and Bilqis Enthroned’. Iran, Shiraz; c. 1540-1550. The David Collection 2006.