Reconstructing Nature: The Engagement of Science and Religion (Glasgow Gifford Lectures) - Softcover

Brooke, John; Cantor, Geoffrey

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9780195137064: Reconstructing Nature: The Engagement of Science and Religion (Glasgow Gifford Lectures)
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ISBN 10: 019513706X ISBN 13: 9780195137064
Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2000

Synopsis

This book, first published in the U.K. by T&T Clark, expands on the authors' prestigious Glasgow Gifford Lectures of 1995-6. Brooke and Cantor herein examine the many different ways in which the relationship between science and religion has been presented throughout history. They contend that, in fact, neither science nor religion is reducible to some timeless "essence"--and they deftly criticize the various master-narratives that have been put forward in support of such "essentialist" theses. Along the way, they repeatedly demolish the clichés so typical of popular histories of the science and religion debate, demonstrating the impossibility of reducing these debates to a single narrative, or of narrowing this relationship to a paradigm of conflict.

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About the Author

John Brooke is at University of Lancaster. Geoffrey Cantor is at University of Leeds.

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Publisher
Oxford University Press
Publication date
2000
Language
English
ISBN 10 
019513706X
ISBN 13 
9780195137064
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
386
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