Constant Mews – The Conversation

Sculpture of ninth-century Persian scholar Al-Khwarizmi in Khiva, Uzbekistan. Latin discovery of Al-Khwarizmi’s work introduced the numerals 0-9, one of many ways in which Islamic cultures have contributed to Western civilisation. LBM1948/Wikimedia Commons

July 14, 2019

Explainer: what Western civilisation owes to Islamic cultures

Constant Mews, Monash University

Western civilisation and Islam are sometimes seen as diametrically opposed. Yet Islamic cultures have contributed much to the West, in language, philosophy and literature.

We need to move beyond assumptions that religion is simply about dogmatism. Daniel Montemayor

March 19, 2015

Get literate in myth, religion and theology

Constant Mews, Monash University

We need to move beyond assumptions that religion is simply about dogmatism, and should continue teaching religion within a secular educational structure.

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