Religion and science
Subtitle: historical and contemporary issues
By: Ian G. Barbour.
Contributors: Barbour, Ian G.
Edition: 1st HarperCollins rev. ed.
Publisher: HarperSanFrancisco
Published: 1997
Place of publication: [San Francisco]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 368
Subjects: Religion and science.
Description: Religion and Science is a contemporary discussion of the many issues surrounding our understanding of God and religious truth and experience in our understanding of God and religious truth and experience in our scientific age. This is a significantly expanded and revised version of Religion in an Age of Science, winner of the American Academy of Religion Award for Excellence and the Templeton Book Award. Ian G. Barbour has added three historical chapters on physics and metaphysics in the seventeenth century, nature and God in the eighteenth century, and biology and theology in the nineteenth century. He has also added new sections on developments in nature-centered spirituality, information theory, and chaos and complexity theories.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 333-356) and indexes.
Rev. ed. of: Religion in an age of science. 1st ed. 1990.