Science and Religion: From Conflict to Conversation - Hardcover
Has science made religion intellectually implausible? Does it rule out the existence of a personal God? In an age of science can we really believe that the universe has a "purpose"? And, finally, doesn't religion hold much of the blame for the present ecological crisis?
These questions form the nucleus of today's debate between science and religion. This book is a guide for that debate, identifying the questions, isolating the issues and pointing to ways the questions can be resolved.
There are four possible ways, says John F. Haught, that we can view the relationship between religion and science. First, they can stand in complete opposition - the conflict position. Or, we can believe they are so different that conflict is impossible - the contrast position. A third approach holds that while science and religion are distinct, each has important implications for the other. A fourth way views them as different but mutually supportive.
These questions form the nucleus of today's debate between science and religion. This book is a guide for that debate, identifying the questions, isolating the issues and pointing to ways the questions can be resolved.
There are four possible ways, says John F. Haught, that we can view the relationship between religion and science. First, they can stand in complete opposition - the conflict position. Or, we can believe they are so different that conflict is impossible - the contrast position. A third approach holds that while science and religion are distinct, each has important implications for the other. A fourth way views them as different but mutually supportive.
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John F. Haught is professor of theology at Georgetown University.
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Not only readable and easily understandable but filled with genuine learning and thorough comprehension of contemporary natural sciences. -- Langdon Gilkey, Georgetown University
This is the book on science and religion every college student has been waiting for. It has no competitors. -- Charles Birch, Winner of the Templeton prize
This is the book on science and religion every college student has been waiting for. It has no competitors. -- Charles Birch, Winner of the Templeton prize
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- PublisherPaulist Pr
- Publication date1995
- ISBN 10 0809104784
- ISBN 13 9780809104789
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages225
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