Rocks of ages
Subtitle: science and religion in the fullness of life
By: Stephen Jay Gould
Edition: 1st trade paper ed.
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Published: 2002
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 241
ISBN-13: 9780345450401
Copyright date: 1999
Subjects: Religion and science; Religion; Wissenschaft
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Problem stated: Preamble; title: Tale of two Thomases; title: Fate of two fathers; title: Problem resolved in principle: NOMA defined and defended; title: NOMA illustrated; title: Coda and segue; title: Historical reasons for conflict: Contingent basis for intensity; title: Columbus and the flat Earth: example of the fallacy of warfare between science and religion; title: Defending NOMA from both sides now: struggle against modern creationism; title: Psychological reasons for conflict: Can nature nurture our hopes?; title: Nature's cold bath and Darwin's defense of NOMA; title: Two false paths of irenics.