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Religion and science as forms of life : anthropological insights into reason and unreason /

"The relationships between science and religion are about to enter a new phase in our contemporary world, as scientific knowledge has become increasingly relevant in ordinary life, beyond the institutional public spaces where it traditionally developed. The purpose of this volume is to analyze...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Salazar, Carles (Editor ), Bestard-Camps, Joan (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Berghahn Books, 2015.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : science, religion and forms of life / Carles Salazar
  • Maturationally natural cognition impedes professional science and facilitates popular religion / Robert N. McCauley
  • Scientific vs. religious 'knowledge' in evolutionary perspective / Michael Blume
  • Magic and ritual in an age of science / Jesper Sorensen
  • Moral employments of scientific thought / Timothy Jenkins
  • The social life of concepts : public and private 'knowledge' of scientific creationism / Simon Coleman
  • The embryo, sacred and profane / Marit Melhuus
  • The religions of science and the sciences of religion in Brazil / Roger Sansi-Roca
  • Science in action, religion in thought : Catholic charismatics' notions about illness / Maria Coma
  • On the resilience of superstition / Joao de Pina-Cabral
  • Religion, magic and practical reason : meaning and everyday life in contemporary Ireland / Tom Inglis
  • Can the dead suffer traumas? Religion and science after the Vietnam War / Heonik Kwon.