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The Routledge Companion to Religion and Science.

The field of religion and science is one of the most exciting and dynamic areas of research today. This Companion brings together an outstanding team of scholars to explore the ways in which science intersects with the major religions of the world and religious naturalism. The collection provides an...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Haag, James W.
Otros Autores: Peterson, Gregory R., Spezio, Michael L.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken : Taylor & Francis, 2011.
Colección:Routledge religion companions.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Front Cover; The Rouledge Companion to Religion and Science; Copyright Page; Contents; Notes on contributors; Introduction; Part I: Epistemology and history; (i) Frameworks and methods; 1. Religion and science in Christian theology: F. LeRon Shults; 2. Empiricism, conceptual cleavers, and the discourse on religion and science: Francisca Cho; 3. Science and religion: From the historian's perspective: Geoffrey Cantor; 4. The physics of spirit: The Indigenous continuity of science and religion: Brian Yazzie Burkhart; (ii) Historical overviews; 5. Islam and science: Ahmed Ragab.
  • 6. Christianity and science: Gary B. Ferngren7. Feminism, religion, and science: J. Jeanine Thweatt-Bates; 8. Jews and the study of nature: Noah Efron; Part II: Scientific and religious models of the world; (i) Cosmologies and cosmogonies; 9. Cosmology: Joel R. Primack and Nancy Ellen Abrams; 10. Astronomy: From star gazing to astrobiology: Grace Wolf-Chase; 11. Hindu cosmogony/cosmology: Gerald James Larson; 12. Modern cosmology and religious naturalism: Donald M. Braxton; 13. Cosmology and theology: Antje Jackelén; (ii) Quantum theoretical approaches and causality.
  • 14. Quantum theoretical approaches and causality: Gregg Jaeger15. Quantum mechanics and some Hindu perspectives: Varadaraja V. Raman; 16. Quantum theory, philosophy, and theology: Is there a distinct Roman Catholic perspective?: William R. Stoeger, S.J.; 17. Quantum theory, causality, and Islamic thought: Mehdi Golshani; (iii) Complexity, emergence, and eliminativism; 18. Eliminativism, complexity, and emergence: Terrence Deacon and Tyrone Cashman; 19. Philosophical implications of emergence: Timothy O'Connor; 20. Emergence and Christian theology: James W. Haag.
  • 21. Buddhism, emergence, and anti-substantialism: Charles Goodman(iv) Evolutionary biology and suffering; 22. The biological antecedents of human suffering: Ursula Goodenough; 23. Suffering through to something higher: Holmes Rolston, III; 24. Magic, monotheism and natural evil: Classical and modern Jewish responses to suffering: Lawrence Troster; 25. The problem of suffering in theistic evolution: Ted Peters; (v) The cognitive sciences and religious experience; 26. The cognitive sciences: A brief introduction for science and religion: Michael L. Spezio.
  • 27. Cognitive science and classical Buddhist philosophy of mind: Richard K. Payne28. Christianity and the cognitive sciences: Charlene P.E. Burns; 29. Hinduism and the cognitive sciences: Challenges, contrasts, and confluences: Stephen Kaplan; (vi) Ecology and the integrity of nature; 30. Frontiers in religion and ecology: Notes on the new ecology and the creation of value: Nathaniel F. Barrett and WilliamR. Jordan, III; 31. Judaism and the science of ecology: Hava Tirosh-Samuelson; 32. Asian religions, ecology, and the integrity of nature: Christopher Key Chapple.