Stefano Bigliardi

I completed my undergraduate studies in Philosophy (2004) and a PhD in Philosophy of Science (2008) at the University of Bologna. In September 2010, I joined the Center for Middle Eastern Studies here in Lund as a visiting researcher. From January to June 2011, I received a post-doctoral scholarship from the University of Constance (Germany) in the frame of the Excellence Center “EXC16 - The Cultural Foundations of Integration”. I am currently working on a monograph about the contemporary proponents of the harmony between Islam and science, particularly looking at their interpretations of the concept of “miracle.”

Radio interview with Stefano Bigliardi on Australian radio.

Stefano's participation in the 2012 conference of the Australasian Philosophy of Religion Association (APRA) at the Australian Catholic University in Melbourne has been supported by Stiftelsen Erik och Gurli Hultengrens fond för filosofi vid Lunds universitet.

Recent peer-reviewed publications

2011. "Snakes from Staves? Science, Scriptures and the Supernatural in Maurice Bucaille". Zygon, Journal for Religion and Science. 46(4):793-805.

2012. "The Strange Case of Dr. Bucaille: Notes for a Re-examination". The Muslim World. 102(2): 248-263.

2012. "Barbour's Typologies and the Contemporary Debate on Islam and Science". Zygon, Journal for Religion and Science. 47(3); 501-519, Sept. 2012.

2013/2014. "The Contemporary Debate on the Harmony between Islam and Science: Emergence and Challenges of a New Generation". Social Epistemology, forthcoming.

"Above Analysis and Amazement.  Some Contemporary Muslim Characterizations of "Miracle" and their Interpretation", SOPHIA-International Journal for Philosophy of Religion, Metaphysical Theology and Ethics. Forthcoming.