Science and Religion: A New IntroductionNow thoroughly updated to reflect the latest debates, this popular textbook introduces readers to the central questions in the field of science and religion. Ideally suited to those who have little or no prior knowledge in either area, it incorporates numerous student-friendly features, including maps, summaries, and historical references, resulting in the most up-to-date introduction to the study of religion and the natural sciences available.
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Contents
Debate 1 Copernicus Galileo and the Solar System | |
Debate 2 Newton the Mechanical Universe | |
Debate 3 Darwin and the Biological Origins | |
Models of Interaction Between Science and Religion | |
Science Religion and Proofs for Gods Existence | |
Verification and Falsification in Science and Religion | |
Realism and its Alternatives in Science and Religion | |
The Development of Theory in Science and Religion | |
The Interaction of Science and Religion in Other | |
Richard Dawkins and Scientific Atheism Does | |
uantum Theo Com Iementarit in Science | |
Evolutionary Psychology The Origins of Religious | |
The Psychology of Religion Exploring Religious | |
The Cognitive Science of Religion Is Religion | |
Case Studies in Science and Religion | |
The Doctrine of Creation and the Natural Sciences | |
How Does God Act in the World? | |
The Use of Models in Science and Religion | |
Natural Science and Natural Theology | |
Theoretical Anomalies in Science and Religion | |
Thomas F Torrance 191320071 | |
Ian G Barbour born 1923 | |
Wolfhart Pannenberg born 1928 | |
John Polkinghorne born 1930 | |
Conclusion | |
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