Science and Religion
Understanding the Issues
Published on 3. March 2010
368 pages
978-1-4443-1730-5 (ISBN)
Description
From the heliocentric controversy and evolution, to debates onbiotechnology and the environment, this book offers a balancedintroduction to the key issues in science and religion.
* * A balanced, introductory textbook which fully spans theinterface between science and religion, and includes illustrationsof scientific concepts throughout
* Explores key historical issues, including the heliocentriccontroversy, and evolution, but also topics of current importance,such as biotechnology and environmental issues
* Appendices include a wide range of biblical readings; excerptsfrom early philosophers, theologians and scientists, includingAristotle, Aquinas, Hume, Kant, Galileo, Newton, and Darwin; andshort works from twentieth and twenty-first century scientists andtheologians
* Accessibly structured in to sections covering cosmology,evolution, and ethics in a scientific age
* Provides significant coverage of scientific information andbalanced explanations of the key debates for introductorystudents
Reviews / Votes
"This is a well presented and interesting book written ina clear and economic style . . . These suggestions are made in thehope that this excellent work could become essential reading forcourses in this country on science and religion." (Science and Religion, 1 November 2012)"Recommended. Upper-division undergraduate through professionalcollections." (Choice, 1 March 2011)"Professor Morvillo has written a most informative, interesting,and timely work on the relationship between science and religion.Her creative synthesis has the distinction of being accessible tostudents and other readers without sacrificing depth andoriginality. A most appealing introduction to a very complex set oftopics." --John F Haught, Georgetown University "This is an excellent introduction to science and religion thatfocuses on how the disciplines of science and Christian theologycan inform each other. Nancy Morvillo offers both a historicalperspective and an up-to-date survey of contemporary thinking onthe central topics of methodology, cosmology, evolution, andethics." --Mary Kathleen Cunningham, North Carolina StateUniversityMore details
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Nancy Morvillo is Associate Professor of Biology at Florida Southern College and co-director of the Florida Center for Science and Religion. She mentors undergraduate students in original genetic research and has published in a variety of scientific and educational journals.
Content
CHAPTER 1: LEARNING FROM THE PAST.
CHAPTER 2: HOW WE KNOW WHAT WE KNOW.
PART TWO: COSMOLOGY.
CHAPTER 3: EXPLANATIONS OF THE COSMOS.
CHAPTER 4: CREATION MYTHS.
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CHAPTER 5: CURRENT UNDERSTANDINGS OF THE UNIVERSE.
CHAPTER 6: ESCHATOLOGY.
PART THREE: EVOLUTION.
CHAPTER 7: DARWIN CHANGES EVERYTHING.
CHAPTER 8: SCIENTIFIC EXPLANATIONS OF THE ORIGINS OF LIFE.
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CHAPTER 9: EVIDENCE FOR EVOLUTION.
CHAPTER 10: EVOLUTION AND DESIGN.
CHAPTER 11: HUMAN EVOLUTION.
PART FOUR: ETHICS IN A SCIENTIFIC AGE.
CHAPTER 12: WHAT IT MEANS TO BE HUMAN.
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CHAPTER 13: GENDER ISSUES.
CHAPTER 14: THE PROMISE OF BIOTECHNOLOGY.
CHAPTER 15: THE MEDICINE OF TOMORROW.
CHAPTER 16: STEWARDSHIP AND THE ENVIRONMENT.
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CHAPTER 17: COMMON THREADS AND ULTIMATE TRUTHS
