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Religion and the challenges of science / edited by William Sweet and Richard Feist.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate Pub., ©2007.Description: 1 online resource (xii, 235 pages)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780754687443
  • 0754687449
  • 1351150383
  • 9781351150385
  • 1281099384
  • 9781281099389
  • 9786611099381
  • 6611099387
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Religion and the challenges of science.DDC classification:
  • 201/.65 22
LOC classification:
  • BL241 .R363 2007eb
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
Introduction : rethinking relations between science and religion / William Sweet -- 'The declaration of students of the natural and physical sciences', revisited : youth, science, and religion in mid-Victorian Britain / Hannah Gay -- Theological insights from Charles Darwin / Denis O. Lamoureux -- A model of interaction between science and theology based on the scientific papers of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin / Lodovico Galleni, Marie-Claire Groessens-Van Dyck -- Biology and a theology of evolution / Arthur Peacocke -- Creation, metaphysics, and cosmology / Lawrence Dewan -- Cosmological theories and the question of the existence of a creator / John L. Bell -- Whitehead, God, and relativity / Richard Feist -- Design inferences, fine-tuning, and the prior probability of divine intelligent agency : what the fine-tuning argument shows / Kenneth Einar Himma -- On scientific explanations of God-experiences / Jerome Gellman -- The human genome revolution, society, and religion / Job Kozhamthadam -- Partner of the sciences or object of study? : theology and religion in relation to the sciences / Willem B. Drees -- Beyond naturalism : scientific creativity and theological knowledge / Paul Allen -- Can science provide evidence for metaphysics? / Leslie Armour -- Science and religious belief : some conceptual issues / William Sweet.
Summary: Does science pose a challenge to religion and religious belief? 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.
List(s) this item appears in: Creation - Science - Evolution
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)270417

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : rethinking relations between science and religion / William Sweet -- 'The declaration of students of the natural and physical sciences', revisited : youth, science, and religion in mid-Victorian Britain / Hannah Gay -- Theological insights from Charles Darwin / Denis O. Lamoureux -- A model of interaction between science and theology based on the scientific papers of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin / Lodovico Galleni, Marie-Claire Groessens-Van Dyck -- Biology and a theology of evolution / Arthur Peacocke -- Creation, metaphysics, and cosmology / Lawrence Dewan -- Cosmological theories and the question of the existence of a creator / John L. Bell -- Whitehead, God, and relativity / Richard Feist -- Design inferences, fine-tuning, and the prior probability of divine intelligent agency : what the fine-tuning argument shows / Kenneth Einar Himma -- On scientific explanations of God-experiences / Jerome Gellman -- The human genome revolution, society, and religion / Job Kozhamthadam -- Partner of the sciences or object of study? : theology and religion in relation to the sciences / Willem B. Drees -- Beyond naturalism : scientific creativity and theological knowledge / Paul Allen -- Can science provide evidence for metaphysics? / Leslie Armour -- Science and religious belief : some conceptual issues / William Sweet.

Does science pose a challenge to religion and religious belief? 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.

Print version record.

English.