Science and religion
Subtitle: an introduction
By: Alister E. McGrath
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell; Wiley-Interscience
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Malden, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 252
ISBN-13: 9781405187909; 9781405187916
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introducing the dialogue between science and religion; title: History : three landmark debates; title: Why does history matter?; title: Debate 1: Copernicus, Galileo and the solar system; title: Debate 2: Newton, the mechanical universe, and deism; title: Debate 3: Darwin and the biological origins of humanity; title: Science and religion : general themes; title: Models of interaction between science and religion; title: Science, religion, and the explanation of things; title: Science, religion, and proofs for God's existence; title: Verification and falsification in science and religion; title: Realism and its alternatives in science and religion; title: The doctrine of creation and the natural sciences; title: How does god act in the world?; title: The use of models in science and religion; title: Natural science and natural theology; title: Theoretical anomalies in science and religion; title: The development of theory in science and religion; title: The interaction of science and religion in other faiths; title: Science and religion : contemporary debates; title: Richard Dawkins and scientific atheism : does science deny God?; title: Cosmology : does the anthropic principle mean anything?; title: Quantum theory : complementarity in science and religion; title: Evolutionary biology : can one speak of design in nature?; title: Evolutionary psychology : the origins of religious belief; title: The psychology of religion : exploring religious experience; title: The cognitive science of religion : is religion natural?; title: Case studies in science and religion; title: Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (1881-1955); title: Thomas F. Torrance (1913-2007); title: Charles A. Coulson (1910-74); title: Ian R. Barbour (born 1923); title: Arthur Peacocke (1924-2006); title: Wolfhart Pannenberg (born 1928); title: John Polkinghorne (born 1930); title: Nancey Murphy (born 1951); title: Alister E. McGrath (born 1953); title: Philip Clayton (born 1956).