Science and the Myth of Progress

by Zarandi, Marhdad; Monastra, Giovanni

• ISBN13: 9780941532471
• ISBN10: 094153247X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-07-30
• Publisher: World Wisdom

Summary

A collection of essays by scholars, philosophers, and scientists offering penetrating answers to some of the most important questions of the day.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Preface
In the Wake of the Fall	p. 1
Sacred and Profane Science	p. 29
Traditional Cosmology and the Modern World	p. 45
Religion and Science	p. 77
Contemporary Man, between the Rim and the Axis	p. 93
Christianity and the Religious Thought of C. G. Jung	p. 111
On Earth as It Is in Heaven	p. 133
The Nature and Extent of Criticism of Evolutionary Theory	p. 159
Knowledge and Knowledge	p. 181
Knowledge and its Counterfeits	p. 189
Ignorance	p. 213
The Plague of Scientistic Belief	p. 221
Scientism: The Bedrock of the Modern Worldview	p. 233
Life as Non-Historical Reality	p. 249
Man, Creation and the Fossil Record	p. 259
The Act of Creation: Bridging Transcendence and Immanence	p. 269
Epilogue	p. 303
Acknowledgments	p. 309
Biographies of Contributors	p. 311
Index	p. 319
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