Bibliography Osman Bakar

Books

The History and Philosophy of Islamic Science, Islamic Texts Society, Cambridge (UK) 1999; 1991 edition published by Secretariat for Islamic Philosophy and Science, Science University of Penang and Nurin Enterprise, Kuala Lumpur under the title Tawhid and Science.

Classification of Knowledge in Islam, Islamic Texts Society, Cambridge (UK) 1998; 1992 edition published by Institute for Policy Studies, Kuala Lumpur.

(ed.) Science, Technology, and Art in Human Civilizations, University of Malaya Press, Kuala Lumpur, 1992. (in Malay)

(ed.) Islam and Contemporary Scientific Thought, Islamic Academy of Science, Kuala Lumpur, 1989. (in Malay)

(ed.) Critique of Evolutionary Theory: A Collection of Essays, Islamic Academy of Science and Nurin Enterprise, Kuala Lumpur, 1987.


In encyclopedias

“Cosmology” in John L. Esposito (ed.), Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World, vol. 1(1995), pp. 322-328.

“Abortion: Islamic Perspectives” in Warren Thomas Reich (ed.), Encyclopedia of Bioethics, rev. edition, vol. 1(1995), pp. 38-42.


Chapters of books (selected)

1997. “The Importance of Cosmology in the Cultivation of the Arts,” in Wan Abdul Kadir & Hashim Awang (eds.), Art and Cosmology: Islamic Cosmology and Malay Art, Academy of Malay Studies, Kuala Lumpur, pp. 1-6.

1996. “Science (as a Branch of Philosophy)” in S.H. Nasr & O. Leaman (eds.), History of Islamic Philosophy, Routledge History of World Philosophies, vol. II, chapter 53, pp. 926-958.

1994. “Knowledge of Divine Unity (tawhid) on the Basis of Scientific Knowledge,” Ismail Ibrahim & Mohd Sahri Abdul Rahman (eds.), Knowledge and Excellence in Islamic Perspective, Institute of Islamic Understanding (IKIM), Kuala Lumpur, pp. 1-9.

1993. “Science in Islamic Perspective,” in Azizan Baharuddin (ed.), Malay Students and Science Education, Academy of Malay Studies Monograph (Cendekia), University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, no. 2, pp. 8-24. (in Malay)

1991. “The Unity of Science and Spiritual Knowledge: The Islamic Experience,” in R. Ravindra (ed.), Science and Spirit, International Cultural Foundation, New York, pp. 87-101.

1991. “Spiritual Traditions and Science and Technology,” in ALIRAN, The Human Being: Perspectives from Different Spiritual Traditions, ALIRAN, Kuala Lumpur, pp. 140-155.

1984. “The Question of Methodology in Islamic Science,” in Rais Ahmad & S. Naseem Ahmad (eds.), Quest for New Science: Selected Papers of a Seminar, Center for Studies on Science, Aligarh (India), pp. 91-109.

1979. “The Role of Science Education in the Spiritual Development of Man,” in PKPIM Collection: Symposium on Islamic Education, National Union of Muslim Students of Malaysia (PKPIM), Kuala Lumpur, pp. 119-135.