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The faith of biology and the biology of faith : order, meaning, and free will in modern medical science.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Columbia series on religion and politicsPublication details: New York : Columbia University Press, 2013.Description: 1 online resource (189 pages)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780231529051
  • 0231529058
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Faith of Biology and the Biology of Faith : Order, Meaning, and Free Will in Modern Medical Science.DDC classification:
  • 201.65 296.3/75 296.375
LOC classification:
  • BM538.S3 P65 2013
NLM classification:
  • 2002 N-571
  • W 61
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  • online - EBSCO
  • 44.02
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Contents:
Cover; Half title; Title; Copyright; Series Page; Dedication; Contents; Preface to the 2013 Paperback Edition; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1. Order Versus Meaning: Science and Religion; Chapter 2. The Meaning Is in the Order: DNA-Based Medicine; Chapter 3. Meaning Beyond Order: The Science of One Life at a Time; Postscript; Bibliography; Index.
Summary: Are there parallels between the ""moment of insight"" in science and the emergence of the ""unknowable"" in religious faith? Where does scientific insight come from? Award-winning biologist Robert Pollack argues that an alliance between religious faith and science is not necessarily an argument in favor of irrationality: the two can inform each other's visions of the world. Pollack begins by reflecting on the large questions of meaning and purpose?and the difficulty of finding either in the orderly world described by the data of science. He considers the obligation to find meaning.

Print version record.

Cover; Half title; Title; Copyright; Series Page; Dedication; Contents; Preface to the 2013 Paperback Edition; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1. Order Versus Meaning: Science and Religion; Chapter 2. The Meaning Is in the Order: DNA-Based Medicine; Chapter 3. Meaning Beyond Order: The Science of One Life at a Time; Postscript; Bibliography; Index.

Are there parallels between the ""moment of insight"" in science and the emergence of the ""unknowable"" in religious faith? Where does scientific insight come from? Award-winning biologist Robert Pollack argues that an alliance between religious faith and science is not necessarily an argument in favor of irrationality: the two can inform each other's visions of the world. Pollack begins by reflecting on the large questions of meaning and purpose?and the difficulty of finding either in the orderly world described by the data of science. He considers the obligation to find meaning.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 107-115) and index.