Bigliardi
Biographic Data
| ID | 41732 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Bigliardi |
| FAMILY NAME | Bigliardi |
| SIGNATURE | BIGLIARDI |
| AFFILIATIONS | Al Akhawayn University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4923-4011 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 14 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Uyghur Women Activists in the Diaspora. Restorying a Genocide, by Susan J. Palmer, Dilmurat Mahmut, and Abdulmuqtedir Udun
Uyghur Women Activists in the Diaspora. Restorying a Genocide, by Susan J. Palmer, Dilmurat Mahmut, and Abdulmuqtedir Udun. London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2024. Hb. 164 pp. $103.50. ISBN: 9781350418332
Tawaqquf and Adamic Exceptionalism
The article discusses Adamic exceptionalism as explained by Shoaib Ahmed Malik and David Solomon Jalajel. It is argued that the concept of tawaqquf as a foundation of Adamic exceptionalism is defined and exemplified in a way that raises epistemological concerns, and that Adamic exceptionalism is likewise problematic even without reference to tawaqquf
New religious movements and science
This article draws on Stefano Bigliardi's recent Cambridge University Press Element New Religious Movements and Science, which provides an historical and comparative examination of how science is conceptualized within five New Religious Movements. We analyze Bigliardi's methodology and results, and offer multiple suggestions on how scholarship on NRMs and science can be extended and deepened
Ḥuṭṭ awlawīya lil‐ʻilm ! Sherif Gaber's YouTube Videos and His Views on Science and Religion
This article examines the YouTube videos of Egyptian activist Sherif Gaber, an important voice among contemporary critics of religion who have a Muslim background. We scrutinize his ideas, with a focus on Gaber's conceptualization of science, and advance a proposal on how to critically yet moderately engage with Gaber's arguments
A gastronomic anti-seminar
The article blends the philosophy of food with the study of food films, suggesting an interpretation of Marco Ferreri’s La grande abbuffata (1973). The movie is read through the lens of the conceptualizations of food advanced, respectively, by Plato, the Cynics, Epicurus and Lucretius, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, and Arthur Schopenhauer. Each thinker defined the symbolical and practical relevance of food in human existence while indicating a path towa…
What Osama bin Laden Did Not (Want to) Know
A copy of The Secret Teachings of All Ages (1928) by Manly Palmer Hall (1901–1990) was listed among the books possessed by Osama bin Laden (1957–2011) in his last lodgings. The prolific Canadian‐born, US‐American author advanced a positive interpretation of Islam within an esotericist worldview. By meticulously scrutinising primary sources, this article aims at mapping his conception of Islam and understanding its role within Hall's interpretatio…
Scientology. Libertà e immortalità, written by Aldo Natale Terrin
Giovanni Lattanzi’s Reinvented Toltecs, Science, and Dislocution
On an Anomalous Piece of Scientology Ephemera
On an Anomalous Piece of Scientology Ephemera: The Booklet Scientology and the Bible. The article scrutinizes the booklet Scientology and the Bible (1967), reconstructing the historical circumstances of its publication as well as analysing its potential for interreligious dialogue
Secret Cousins
In this paper I discuss the work of two French authors who advocate a “scientific” exegesis of sacred scriptures: physician Maurice Bucaille (1922–1998) and religious leader Claude Vorilhon (alias Raël, b. 1946). Bucaille argues that the Qur’an’s divine origin is demonstrated by its accuracy about natural phenomena and “scientific facts,” whereas the Bible does not stand up to “scientific” examination. Vorilhon supposedly received a revelation re…
What would Ron choose from the Islamic basket? Notes on Scientology’s construction of Islam
Two theological claims characterizing Scientology are its continuity with older religions, and its support for religious freedom and pluralism. This article, focusing on two articles that appeared in the magazine Advance! in the 1970s as well as other pieces authored by L. R. Hubbard, analyses Scientology’s narrative about Islam following Jan Hjärpe’s ‘basket theory’
Thinking Muhammad Legenhausen’s Non-Reductive Pluralism Through
One of the most vibrant contemporary philosophical debates concerns the definition, and defence, of religious pluralism. The philosophers who address such a topic usually hold widely divergent views regarding its exact definition and the arguments through which it can be upheld. The absence of a general consensus notwithstanding, the debate on religious pluralism has 'de facto' become an important area of dialogue between different religions in g…
Being Human in Islam
Being Human in Islam: The Impact of the Evolutionary Worldview." Islam and Christian–Muslim Relations, 25(3), pp. 385–386
The Strange Case of Dr. Bucaille
The present essay focuses on the figure of Maurice Bucaille and on his contribution to the discourse on Islam and science. Its purpose is twofold. First of all, it aims to provide the reader with a concise map of the ideas of the French author, reconstructing their core and their interrelations. Furthermore, it aims to question what I define as “the apparent naivety” of Bucaille's work, a reason why he can sometimes be too easily dismissed, by pi…
The Strange Case of Dr. Bucaille
The present essay focuses on the figure of Maurice Bucaille and on his contribution to the discourse on Islam and science. Its purpose is twofold. First of all, it aims to provide the reader with a concise map of the ideas of the French author, reconstructing their core and their interrelations. Furthermore, it aims to question what I define as “the apparent naivety” of Bucaille's work, a reason why he can sometimes be too easily dismissed, by pi…
The Strange Case of Dr. Bucaille
The present essay focuses on the figure of Maurice Bucaille and on his contribution to the discourse on Islam and science. Its purpose is twofold. First of all, it aims to provide the reader with a concise map of the ideas of the French author, reconstructing their core and their interrelations. Furthermore, it aims to question what I define as “the apparent naivety” of Bucaille's work, a reason why he can sometimes be too easily dismissed, by pi…
Thinking Muhammad Legenhausen’s Non-Reductive Pluralism Through
One of the most vibrant contemporary philosophical debates concerns the definition, and defence, of religious pluralism. The philosophers who address such a topic usually hold widely divergent views regarding its exact definition and the arguments through which it can be upheld. The absence of a general consensus notwithstanding, the debate on religious pluralism has 'de facto' become an important area of dialogue between different religions in g…
Being Human in Islam
Being Human in Islam: The Impact of the Evolutionary Worldview." Islam and Christian–Muslim Relations, 25(3), pp. 385–386
What would Ron choose from the Islamic basket? Notes on Scientology’s construction of Islam
Two theological claims characterizing Scientology are its continuity with older religions, and its support for religious freedom and pluralism. This article, focusing on two articles that appeared in the magazine Advance! in the 1970s as well as other pieces authored by L. R. Hubbard, analyses Scientology’s narrative about Islam following Jan Hjärpe’s ‘basket theory’
Secret Cousins
In this paper I discuss the work of two French authors who advocate a “scientific” exegesis of sacred scriptures: physician Maurice Bucaille (1922–1998) and religious leader Claude Vorilhon (alias Raël, b. 1946). Bucaille argues that the Qur’an’s divine origin is demonstrated by its accuracy about natural phenomena and “scientific facts,” whereas the Bible does not stand up to “scientific” examination. Vorilhon supposedly received a revelation re…
On an Anomalous Piece of Scientology Ephemera
On an Anomalous Piece of Scientology Ephemera: The Booklet Scientology and the Bible. The article scrutinizes the booklet Scientology and the Bible (1967), reconstructing the historical circumstances of its publication as well as analysing its potential for interreligious dialogue
Giovanni Lattanzi’s Reinvented Toltecs, Science, and Dislocution
Scientology. Libertà e immortalità, written by Aldo Natale Terrin
A gastronomic anti-seminar
The article blends the philosophy of food with the study of food films, suggesting an interpretation of Marco Ferreri’s La grande abbuffata (1973). The movie is read through the lens of the conceptualizations of food advanced, respectively, by Plato, the Cynics, Epicurus and Lucretius, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, and Arthur Schopenhauer. Each thinker defined the symbolical and practical relevance of food in human existence while indicating a path towa…
What Osama bin Laden Did Not (Want to) Know
A copy of The Secret Teachings of All Ages (1928) by Manly Palmer Hall (1901–1990) was listed among the books possessed by Osama bin Laden (1957–2011) in his last lodgings. The prolific Canadian‐born, US‐American author advanced a positive interpretation of Islam within an esotericist worldview. By meticulously scrutinising primary sources, this article aims at mapping his conception of Islam and understanding its role within Hall's interpretatio…
Ḥuṭṭ awlawīya lil‐ʻilm ! Sherif Gaber's YouTube Videos and His Views on Science and Religion
This article examines the YouTube videos of Egyptian activist Sherif Gaber, an important voice among contemporary critics of religion who have a Muslim background. We scrutinize his ideas, with a focus on Gaber's conceptualization of science, and advance a proposal on how to critically yet moderately engage with Gaber's arguments
New religious movements and science
This article draws on Stefano Bigliardi's recent Cambridge University Press Element New Religious Movements and Science, which provides an historical and comparative examination of how science is conceptualized within five New Religious Movements. We analyze Bigliardi's methodology and results, and offer multiple suggestions on how scholarship on NRMs and science can be extended and deepened
Uyghur Women Activists in the Diaspora. Restorying a Genocide, by Susan J. Palmer, Dilmurat Mahmut, and Abdulmuqtedir Udun
Uyghur Women Activists in the Diaspora. Restorying a Genocide, by Susan J. Palmer, Dilmurat Mahmut, and Abdulmuqtedir Udun. London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2024. Hb. 164 pp. $103.50. ISBN: 9781350418332
Tawaqquf and Adamic Exceptionalism
The article discusses Adamic exceptionalism as explained by Shoaib Ahmed Malik and David Solomon Jalajel. It is argued that the concept of tawaqquf as a foundation of Adamic exceptionalism is defined and exemplified in a way that raises epistemological concerns, and that Adamic exceptionalism is likewise problematic even without reference to tawaqquf
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