Religion and the Challenges of Science - Hardcover

Feist, Richard

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0754657159 ISBN 13: 9780754657156

Publisher: Routledge, 2007

Synopsis

Does science pose a challenge to religion and religious belief? This question has been a matter of long-standing debate - and it continues to concern not only scholars in philosophy, theology, and the sciences, but also those involved in public educational policy. This volume provides background to the current 'science and religion' debate, yet focuses as well on themes where recent discussion of the relation between science and religion has been particularly concentrated. The first theme deals with the history of the interrelation of science and religion. The second and third themes deal with the implications of recent work in cosmology, biology and so-called intelligent design for religion and religious belief. The fourth theme is concerned with 'conceptual issues' underlying, or implied, in the current debates, such as: Are scientific naturalism and religion compatible? Are science and religion bodies of knowledge or practices or both? Do religion and science offer conflicting truth claims? By illuminating contemporary discussion in the science-religion debate and by outlining the options available in describing the relation between the two, this volume will be of interest to scholars and to members of the educated public alike.

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About the Author

William Sweet is Director, Centre for Philosophy, Theology, and Cultural Traditions St Francis Xavier University Canada. He is also President of the Canadian Philosophical Association. Richard Feist is Dean of Philosophy at Saint Paul University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0754657159
• ISBN 13: 9780754657156
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 242
• Editor: Sweet William