Science and religion
Subtitle: are they compatible?
By: edited by Paul Kurtz ; with the assistance of Barry Karr and Ranjit Sandhu
Publisher: Prometheus Books
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Amherst, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 368
ISBN-13: 9781591020646
Subjects: Religion and science; Croyance religieuse; Geloof en wetenschap; Science (Connaissance scientifique); Religion
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introductory.  An overview of the issues / Paul Kurtz; title: Are science and religion conflicting or complementary? : some thoughts about boundaries / Kendrick Frazier; title: I. Cosmology and God.  A designer universe? / Steven Weinberg; title: Anthropic design : does the cosmos show evidence of purpose? / Victor J. Stenger; title: From the anthropic principle to the supernatural / David A. Shotwell; title: "God's goof," and the universe that knew we were coming / Owen Gingerich; title: Big-bang cosmology and atheism : why the big bang is no help to theists / Quentin Smith; title: Holy wars : an astrophysicist ponders the God question / Neil deGrasse Tyson; title: II. Intelligent design : creationism versus science.  Creationism versus evolution / Kendrick Frazier; title: Skepticism's prospects for unseating intelligent design / William A. Dembski; title: Design yes, intelligent no : a critique of intelligent-design theory and neocreationism / Massimo Pigliucci; title: The 'science and religion movement' : an opportunity for improved public understanding of science? / Eugenie C. Scott; title: A world designed by God : science and creationism in contemporary Islam / Taner Edis; title: III. Religion and science in conflict.  Science and religion in historical perspective / Vern L. Bullough; title: The Galileo affair / Timothy Moy; title: Uniting the world; title: or dividing it : which outlook is truly universal, which parochial in the extreme? / Sir Hermann Bondi; title: Why getting it right matters : how science prevails / Daniel C. Dennett; title: The dangerous quest for cooperation between science and religion / Jacob Pandian; title: Science versus religion : a conversation with my students / Barry A. Palevitz; title: Credo / Arthur C. Clarke; title: IV. Science and ethics : two magisteria.  Nonoverlapping magisteria / Stephen Jay Gould; title: You can't have it both ways : irreconcilable differences? / Richard Dawkins; title: Where the two worlds tangle : there is a conflict in metaphysics; title: but not in ethics / Richard Feynman; title: V. The scientific investigation of paranatural claims.  Examining claims of the "paranatural" : life after death / Paul Kurtz; title: After-death communication studies / Richard Wiseman and Cirán O'Keefe; title: Near-death experiences / Antony Flew; title: Does the soul exist : from the mythological soul to the conscious brain / Jerome W. Elbert; title: Efficacy of prayer / Irwin Tessman and Jack Tessman; title: Science versus shroud science / Joe Nickell; title: VI. Scientific explanations of religion.  Why do people believe or disbelieve? / Paul Kurtz; title: Supernatural power and cultural evolution / Anthony Layng; title: The biological roots of religion / Morton Hunt; title: Whence religious belief? / Steven Pinker; title: Searching for God in the machine / David C. Noelle; title: VII. Accommodating science and religion.  Science and the unknowable / Martin Gardner; title: A way of life for agnostics / James Lovelock; title: Celebrating creation / Chet Raymo; title: Science and religion in an impersonal universe / Matt Young; title: Afterthoughts / Paul Kurtz.