Religion & Science

Are science and faith, particularly Christianity, inevitably in conflict, as the New Atheists proclaim? Have they not always been so? Weren't early scientists hounded for their discoveries until Darwin burst on the scene and sent faith packing? Not if...

Quantum Leap uses key events in the life of Polkinghorne to introduce the central ideas that make science and religion such a fascinating field of investigation. Sir John Polkinghorne is a British particle physicist who, after 25 years of research and...

Evolution is the most creative, all-encompassing force in the universe. It has propelled the development of our world from the moment of the Big Bang through the various wonders of human achievement. Yet our discussion of evolution is often narrowly...

The living world is beautiful, intricate, and highly ordered. Organisms flourish across virtually every location on earth, and biological scientists are constantly discovering more about them. These findings spark awe in those who study the natural...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781625861177Author Franklin P de Haan PhdFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Credo House PublishersPublisher Credo House PublishersWeight(grams)...

How would you react if told that you and your children have been lied to in science lessons at school and university? Yet this is exactly what has been happening for decades, as Icons of Evolution' demonstrates.The author, a Berkeley Ph.D in Biology, is...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781725278608Author Harris BorFormat PaperbackPage Count 266Imprint Wipf & Stock PublishersPublisher Wipf & Stock PublishersWeight(grams) 395gDimensions(mm)...

Technology is an integral part our world. But how does inter-human technology affect our ability to be present to one another, to God, to ourselves, and to the world around us? Modern technologies are reshaping human relationships. While they offer new...

Written by perhaps the world's foremost authority on the relationship between science and theology, Reason and Reality brings together essays in which John Polkinghorne pursues more deeply themes touched on in his earlier works. The result is a deeply...

We live in a universe with a very long history, a vast cosmos where things are being worked out over unimaginably long ages. Stars and galaxies have formed, and elements come forth from great stellar cauldrons. The necessary elements are present, the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780946621835Author Osman BakarFormat PaperbackPage Count 276Imprint The Islamic Texts SocietyPublisher The Islamic Texts SocietyWeight(grams) 335g

A radical, optimistic exploration of how humans evolved to develop reason, consciousness, and free will.Lately, the most passionate advocates of the theory of evolution seem to present it as bad news. Scientists such as Richard Dawkins, Lawrence Krauss,...

How we feel is as vital to our survival as how we think. This claim, based on the premise that emotions are largely adaptive, serves as the organizing theme of Why We Need Religion. This book is a novel pathway in a well-trodden field of religious...

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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780890512029Author D. Russell HumphreysFormat PaperbackPage Count 137Imprint Master BooksPublisher Master BooksWeight(grams) 159g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780802873705Author Stephen M. BarrFormat PaperbackPage Count 232Imprint William B Eerdmans Publishing CoPublisher William B Eerdmans Publishing Co

A foremost thinker on science and religion argues that an adequate understanding of cosmic history requires attention to the emergence of interiority, including religious aspiration Over the past two centuries scientific advances have made it clear that...

A leading theologian presents a hopeful account of the universe after Einstein, exploring it as a meaningful drama of awakening"This book is a deep and provocative piece of theology that proposes we engage with the universe as a kind of narrative of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780830815807Author Del RatzschFormat PaperbackPage Count 191Imprint Inter-Varsity Press,USPublisher InterVarsity PressWeight(grams) 236gDimensions(mm) 210mm...

"A superbly argued book." -Richard Dawkins, author of The God Delusion The New York Times bestselling author of Why Evolution is True explains why any attempt to make religion compatible with science is doomed to fail In this provocative book,...

In a series of illuminating lectures, Joseph A. Seiss presents a clear picture of astronomical occurrences and inspirations to be found in the Biblical New Testament and Gospels. A superbly insightful Bible commentary, this book contains seventeen...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780830853861Author Gerald L. HiestandFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint IVP AcademicPublisher IVP AcademicWeight(grams) 338gDimensions(mm) 228mm * 154mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780830828760Author YoungFormat PaperbackPage Count 510Imprint IVP AcademicPublisher IVP AcademicWeight(grams) 666gDimensions(mm) 250mm * 150mm * 15mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780835608862Author Arnold MindellFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Quest Books,U.S.Publisher Quest Books,U.S.Weight(grams) 1g

2020 Association of Catholic Publishers second place award in general interest In this volume, Br. John Mark Falkenhain, OSB, a Benedictine monk and clinical psychologist, provides a well-researched and thorough program for celibacy formation for men and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780316078443Author Herman WoukFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Little, Brown & CompanyPublisher Little, Brown & CompanyWeight(grams) 181gDimensions(mm)...

When sickness strikes, people around the world pray for healing. Many of the faithful claim that prayer has cured them of blindness, deafness, and metastasized cancers, and some believe they have been resurrected from the dead. Can, and should, science...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780791408742Author David W. OrrFormat PaperbackPage Count 232Imprint State University of New York PressPublisher State University of New York...

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...

Atheists assert that the natural world has no meaning or purpose. Dr Denis Alexander, Emeritus Director of The Faraday Institute for Science and Religion at St. Edmunds College, Cambridge, draws a different conclusion. Not only do recent evolutionary...

After the publication of On the Origin of Species in 1859, theologians were faced with the dilemma of God creating through evolution. Suddenly, pain, suffering, untimely death and extinction appeared to be the very tools of creation, and not a result of...

In this book, Professor Douglas Kelly persuasively argues for a literal interpretation of the six-day account of creation found in Genesis chapters 1 and 2. He assesses both the biblical details and the scientific data to show that there is a convincing...

Who are the Jews--a race, a people, a religious group? For over a century, non-Jews and Jews alike have tried to identify who they were--first applying the methods of physical anthropology and more recently of population genetics. In Legacy, Harry...

Does science argue against the existence of the human soul? Many scientists and scholars believe the whole is more than the sum of the parts. This book uses information and systems theory to describe the "more" that does not reduce to the parts. One sees...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780615636641Author Ahmed HulusiFormat PaperbackImprint Observing OnePublisher Observing OneWeight(grams) 186g

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. ...

The field of 'religion and science' is exploding in popularity among academics as well as the general reading public. Spawning an increasing number of conferences and courses, this field has shown an unprecedented rate of growth in recent years. Here for...

A considerable amount of public debate and media print has been devoted to the "war between science and religion." In his accessible and eminently readable new book, Stephen M. Barr demonstrates that what is really at war with religion is not...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780825446146Author Carol HillFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint Kregel Publications,U.S.Publisher Kregel Publications,U.S.Weight(grams)...