Religion and Science in Context: A Guide to the Debates

by Drees; Willem

• ISBN13: 9780415556170
• ISBN10: 0415556171
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781135275112
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2009-10-16
• Publisher: Routledge
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Summary

How should we think about religion, science and their relationship in modern society? What indeed is religion: belief or trust in God's existence? What does science have to say on such issues?

Author Biography

Willem B. Drees is Professor of Philosophy of Religion and Ethics and vice-dean of the Faculty of Humanities, Leiden University, the Netherlands, and the editor of Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. vi
'Religion and science' in multiple contexts	p. 1
Worldly interests: apologetics, authority and comfort	p. 11
Science, sense and superstition: criteria	p. 39
Hunting a Snack? Religion in 'religion and science'	p. 63
Mystery in an intelligible world	p. 85
Values in a world of facts	p. 112
Meaning in a material world	p. 135
Engaging in 'religion and science': an epilogue	p. 147
Bibliography	p. 154
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