Offers an introduction and critical guide to the relationship between scientific thought and religious belief.
There were a new set of older anthropologists, Meyer Fortes, Audrey Richards, G.I. Jones, Edmund Leach, S.J. Tambiah, Jack Goody among them. And there were a group set of historians, in particular Peter Laslett and Tony Wrigley.
2–5; Jacques Gapaillard, Et pourtant elle tourne. Le mouvement de la Terre, Paris: Seuil, 1993. 18. Cited in Annibale Fantoli, Galileo. For Copernicus and for the Church, second edition, Rome: Vatican Observatory Publications, ...
In dispute with C. F. Wolff (1734–94) on the nature of embryological development, he considered that other biological concepts were more likely to lead to atheism. The issue was whether development of the embryo was the growth of an ...
Weissenbacher, Stephen P. Weldon, and Tomoko Yoshida
From the trial of Galileo through to today's controversy over the teaching of 'Intelligent Design' in schools, there has been a long history of conflict between science and religion.
In this stimulating collection of articles on the subject, Paul Kurtz, with the assistance of Barry Karr and Ranjit Sandhu, have assembled the thoughts of scientists from various disciplines.
One of today's most controversial and heated issues is whether or not the conflict between science and religion can be reconciled. In Science and Religion: Are They Compatible?, renowned philosophers...
Alister E. McGrath is ideally placed to write this book. He is a world-renowned theologian and author, praised for his clear and precise writing, and an acknowledged expert on the relationship between science and religion.
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From the trial of Galileo through to today's controversy over the teaching of 'Intelligent Design' in schools, there has been a long history of conflict between science and religion.
Science and Religion assesses the impact of social, political and intellectual change upon Anglican circles, with reference to Oxford University in the decades that followed the French Revolution and the Napoleonic wars.
Science and Religion: Some Historical Perspectives. ... God's Two Books: Copernican Cosmology and Biblical Interpretation in Early Modern Science. ... Nature and Scripture in the Abrahamic Religions: Up to 1700. 2 vols.
This volume situates itself within the context of the rapidly growing interdisciplinary field that is dedicated to the study of the complex interactions between science and religion.
And if the big bang theory is eventually discarded as premature or inaccurate , then on what ground will those theologians stand who now see it as a vindication of theism ? II . Contrast We completely agree with our skeptical ...
This book is written at about a 10th grade reading level--intended to be understandable even to non-scientists. It includes a glossary of specialized and unusual terms.
This book shares promising possibilities for reconciling some of the conflicts between science and religion, pointing out theories which are harmonious with a rather literal approach to the Bible as well as some popular scientific theories ...
27 Geoffrey Cantor, 'Friendsof science? The roleof sciencein Quaker periodicals', inHensonet al. (eds.), Culture and science, pp. 83–93.Seealso Cantor, Quakers, Jews,and science: Religiousresponses tomodernity andthe sciencesin Britain, ...
Professor Barr overturns the widespread notions that the history of science and religion is one of conflict and abuse.
An interdisciplinary approach to the central themes of scientific and religious thought, this book was widely heralded upon its publication for the richness and depth of its contribution to the science and religion dialogue. “notable for ...