The edge of reason?: science and religion in modern society
Science and religion : negotiating the 21st century rapids / Denis Alexander -- Defining religious groups / Mark Hulsether -- Aboriginal versus Western creationism / Bob Layton -- Science versus anthropology, not religion / Simon Coleman -- Atheism and liberty / Michael Shermer -- The evolution of w...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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London New York
Continuum
2008
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| In: | Year: 2008 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Science
/ Religion
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| Further subjects: | B
Religion and science
B Collection of essays |
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| Summary: | Science and religion : negotiating the 21st century rapids / Denis Alexander -- Defining religious groups / Mark Hulsether -- Aboriginal versus Western creationism / Bob Layton -- Science versus anthropology, not religion / Simon Coleman -- Atheism and liberty / Michael Shermer -- The evolution of warfare / Herbert Maschner and Katherine Reedy-Maschner -- Why we are good : mirror neurons and the roots of empathy / Gordy Slack -- The evolution of religion / Lewis Wolpert -- Is religion inevitable? : an archaeologist's view from the past / Steven Mithen -- Artificials, or why Darwin was wrong about humans / Timothy Taylor -- Brain science and belief / Andrew Newberg -- Why Richard Dawkins is wrong about religion / David Sloan Wilson -- Public terror vs. public good : views from Japan and England / Ian Reader -- Buddhism : a better balance in the East? / Hiroko Kawanami -- Can scientific discovery be a spiritual experience? / John Hedley Brooke -- Heavens above! : old notions never die, they just incorporate / William Calvin -- Other intelligences / Seth Shostak -- Natural theology in contemporary cosmology / David Wilkinson |
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| Physical Description: | XXIV, 222 S., Ill. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-84706-217-8 978-1-84706-218-5 1-84706-217-2 1-84706-218-0 |
