Religion & Science

People of all ages are fascinated by dinosaurs. And they have a lot of questions about them too:When and where did dinosaurs live?Are they mentioned in the Bible?What does the fossil evidence tell us about dinosaurs?There are some people who say...

There is currently huge interest in the question of human nature and identity, and what the human future might look like. Who are we? Why are we here? What is our future? Are we alone? And what can religion bring, alongside biology and anthropology, to...

IN THE BEGINNING GOD CREATED THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH Genesis 1.1 Christians affirm that everything exists because of God - from subatomic quarks to black holes. Science often claims to explain nature without including God in the picture at all. ...

Until recently, evolution and religion have been considered contending, irreconcilable theories of origin and existence. David Sloan Wilson takes the radical step of joining the two, while thinking of society as an organism, one in which morality and...

A multinational team of scholars focuses on the interface between Christian doctrine and evolutionary scientific research, exploring the theological consequences for the doctrines of original sin, the image of God, and the problem of evil. Moving past...

An essential feature of religious experience across many cultures is the intuitive feeling of God's presence. More than any rituals or doctrines, it is this experience that anchors religious faith, yet it has been largely ignored in the scientific...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781626983434Author Brian Thomas SwimmeFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Orbis Books (USA)Publisher Orbis Books (USA)

Many people assume that science `disproves' the idea of God, and that we no longer need faith in order to understand the world or why we are in it. Roger Trigg examines these assumptions and considers whether recent developments in science may in...

An award-winning historian's revisionary account of the early modern world, showing how apocalyptic ideas stimulated political, religious, and intellectual transformations "A masterful synthesis of the prognostications of faith, knowledge, and politics...

Using excerpts from a letter written by famed astronomer Galileo in 1615, two modern-day astronomers explore the relationship between science and faith, arguing that our notion of ultimate truth must include both the physical and spiritual domains.About...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780890516867Author RevisedFormat PaperbackPage Count 236Imprint Master BooksPublisher Master BooksWeight(grams) 340gDimensions(mm) 226mm * 150mm * 18mm

The present creation-evolution debate is often cast as a choice between two positions: naturalistic evolution over millions of years or miraculous creation six thousand years ago. When simplified, this choice is often presented as one between science and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780830852802Author Geoffrey H. FulkersonFormat PaperbackPage Count 275Imprint IVP AcademicPublisher IVP Academic

The Christian doctrines of original sin and the historical fall of Adam have been in retreat since the rise of modernity. Here leading scholars present a theological, biblical, and scientific case for the necessity of belief in original sin and the...

Medicine, Religion, and Health: Where Science and Spirituality Meet will be the first title published in the new Templeton Science and Religion Series, in which scientists from a wide range of fields distill their experience and knowledge into brief...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780830823956Author Phillip E. JohnsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Inter-Varsity Press,USPublisher InterVarsity PressWeight(grams) 218g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780830840526Author Jonathan A. MooFormat PaperbackPage Count 187Imprint IVP AcademicPublisher IVP AcademicWeight(grams) 295gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

Could science one day 'defeat death'? What would alien contact mean for humanity? Has medicine finally found a cure for sadness? Will AI replace us? For too long, the 'science and religion' debate has fixated on creation, evolution, cosmology, miracles...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781580238403Author Ralph D. MecklenburgerFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Jewish Lights PublishingPublisher Jewish Lights PublishingWeight(grams) 0g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781580238335Author Rabbi Bradley Shavit ArtsonFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint Jewish Lights PublishingPublisher Jewish Lights PublishingWeight(grams) 1g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780877853541Author George F. DoleFormat PaperbackPage Count 136Imprint Swedenborg FoundationPublisher Swedenborg FoundationWeight(grams) 172gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780825448157Author Sy GarteFormat PaperbackPage Count 264Imprint Kregel PublicationsPublisher Kregel PublicationsWeight(grams) 316g

The ongoing and irreconcilable antagonism between science and religion has been taken for granted. And in the wake of recent controversies over teaching Intelligent Design and the ethics of stem cell research, the divide seems to remain as unbridgeable...

Ronald Numbers is one of the best known scholars of the relationship between science and religion. In this volume he collects seven of his published papers focusing on Christianity and science. The essays address broad topics such as the popularization...

Contemporary scholarship has given rise to several modes of understanding biophysical and human nature, each entangled with related notions of science and religion. Envisioning Nature, Science, and Religion represents the culmination of three years of...

Chance or Dance provides an overview of design and clarification of the controversial Intelligent Design (ID) movement and ultimately concludes there is no scientific proof behind Intelligent Design. As the controversy over Intelligent Design has grown...

"Science and Religion" is a record of the 2009 Building Bridges seminar, a dialogue between leading Christian and Muslim scholars convened annually by the Archbishop of Canterbury. The essays in this volume explore how both faith traditions...

Ecology and the Environment: The Mechanisms, Marring, and Maintenance of Nature is the ninth title published in the Templeton Science and Religion Series, in which scientists from a wide range of fields distill their experience and knowledge into brief...

Each world faith tradition has its own distinctive relationship with science, and the science-religion dialogue benefits from a greater awareness of what this relationship is. In this book, members of the International Society for Science and Religion...

This book is a thought-provoking view of the progress of humankind in the last century. In spite of the pessimism that prevails in the media, people are better fed, better clothed, better housed, and better educated than at any previous time. The facts...

College and university professors have been demanding that this book, out of print for several years, be made available again, as it is unique in its field. This new edition, which includes a new preface and guidance to current literature, offers a...

We all know the saying, "Love can change the world." When science looks at love, it considers cosmology, sociobiology, evolutionary psychology, neurology, sex and romance, and the role of emotions as each relates to love. It also explores religious,...

Because the claim of universalism is associated with Western science, it is often taken for granted that, when exported, scientific knowledge simply diffuses unchanged into other regions. But what really happens when the science of one culture encounters...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781939456311Author Richard and Tina KleissFormat HardbackPage Count 404Imprint Search for the Truth MinistryPublisher Search for the Truth...

In this illuminating book, Dean L. Overman uses logical principles and mathematical calculations to answer the questions that have long perplexed biologists and astrophysicists: Is it mathematically possible that accidental processes caused the formation...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783847111986Author Martin RothgangelFormat HardbackPage Count 279Imprint V&R UnipressPublisher V&R Unipress

Why are white evangelicals the most skeptical major religious group in America regarding climate change? Previous scholarship has pointed to cognitive factors such as conservative politics, anti-science attitudes, aversion to big government, and theology...

This volume collects an international body of voices, as a timely response to a rapidly advancing field of the natural sciences. The contributors explore how the disciplines of theology, earth and space sciences contribute to the debate on constantly...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781506486901Author Noreen HerzfeldFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Fortress Press,U.S.Publisher 1517 MediaWeight(grams) 318g

For the Glory of God addresses key questions regarding the connection between religion and science. Richard H. Jones investigates whether ideas from the Bible and Christian theology have played a significant role in the development of modern scientific...