Science and Religions in America: A New Look
Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- 1 Why and how I think you should read this book-a bit of a roadmap -- One thing I'm not trying to do -- On a crash course with the study of religion -- Quick and dirty definitions -- Three-not four-ways to relate sc...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Milton
Taylor & Francis Group
2022
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| In: | Year: 2022 |
| Further subjects: | B
Religion and science-United States
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| Parallel Edition: | Erscheint auch als: 9781032102115 |
| Summary: | Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- 1 Why and how I think you should read this book-a bit of a roadmap -- One thing I'm not trying to do -- On a crash course with the study of religion -- Quick and dirty definitions -- Three-not four-ways to relate science and religion -- The present moment in science -- Final thoughts -- Suggestions for further reading -- 2 Complex and frequently misunderstood: Christianity and science -- Introducing Christianity: a lightning round Q & -- A -- Ted Peters: scholar and guide for this chapter -- Two initial caveats -- A little bit of history -- Faith and reason -- Creation and evolution -- CSR and the origins of belief -- The Big Bang -- Fine-tuning -- Technology and Christianity -- Science and Christian ethics -- Final thoughts -- Suggestions for further reading -- 3 Streaming science and spirituality: The Spiritual but Not Religious -- Introducing SBNRs: another lightning round Q & -- A -- Discussing SBNRs and science with Elaine Howard Ecklund -- How SBNR came to be -- The connection with emerging adulthood -- How technology formed SBNR spirituality -- Streaming life, science, and spirituality -- Good ole American individualism -- Ethics are not peripheral -- On technology, SBNR, and transhumanism -- Approaching science and religion as an SBNR -- Certainly not scriptural literalists -- Final thoughts -- Suggestions for further reading -- 4 More than mindfulness: Buddhism and science -- Introducing Buddhism: the lightning round Q & -- A -- Daniel Veidlinger guides our journey -- Caveats -- Neuroscience, consciousness, and mindfulness -- Testing for truth -- On nothingness and physics -- An interlude: Buddhism and Big Bang -- Digital Buddhism -- Evolution and the ethics of ahimsa -- Final thoughts -- Suggestions for further reading. |
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| ISBN: | 1000820726 |