Religion & Science

This book is the summation of many decades of work by Peter L. Berger, an internationally renowned sociologist of religion. Secularization theory-which saw modernity as leading to a decline of religion-has been empirically falsified. It should be...

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 9781626983823Author Ilia DelioFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Orbis Books (USA)Publisher Orbis Books (USA)

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 9781960090201Author Joy Andrews HayterFormat PaperbackPage Count 198Imprint Red ElixirPublisher Red ElixirWeight(grams) 295gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

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...

The publication of Laudato Si'-a papal encyclical on a defining issue of our times-was a moment of great importance for Catholics and for the world. Now Fr. Joshtrom Kureethadam, one of the church's top experts on the document, provides a thoughtful,...

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...

In The Science of God, distinguished physicist and biblical scholar Gerald Schroeder demonstrates the often surprising parallels between a variety of biblical teachings and the findings of biochemists, palaeontologists, astrophysicists, and quantum...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781590305270Author Ken WilberFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Shambhala Publications IncPublisher Shambhala Publications IncWeight(grams)...

This five-part Lent course draws on the life, work and religious struggles of Charles Darwin as depicted in the 2009 film 'Creation', a film based on the book 'Annie's Box' by Darwin's great-great-grandson Randal Keynes. This compelling and accessible...

This five-part Lent course draws on the life, work and religious struggles of Charles Darwin as depicted in the 2009 film 'Creation', a film based on the book 'Annie's Box' by Darwin's great-great-grandson Randal Keynes. This compelling and accessible...

J. L. Schellenberg articulates and defends a simple but revolutionary idea: we are still at a very early stage in the possible history of intelligent life on our planet, and should frame our religious attitudes accordingly. Humans have begun to adapt to...

Here is a fresh look at how science contributes to the bigger picture of human flourishing, through a collage of science and philosophy, richly illustrated by the authors' own experience and personal reflection. They survey the territory of fundamental...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143118190Author Nicholas WadeFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 295gDimensions(mm) 213mm * 140mm...

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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780802870933Author Sarah CoakleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint William B Eerdmans Publishing CoPublisher William B Eerdmans Publishing Co

In this brief and highly accessible book for general readers, distinguished physicist-turned-theologian John Polkinghorne presents a reasoned account of the Christian view of the world as seen by the one of the world's leading interpreters of the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780978754334Author Bill LauritzenFormat PaperbackImprint StreetwritePublisher StreetwriteWeight(grams) 209g

Despite the decline of institutional religion, a remarkable new phenomenon is emerging. Survey figures show that interest in spirituality, often expressed as the awareness of 'something there', is rising right across the developed world. An astonishing...

This unique devotional contains 365 pages of evidences for the reality of a biblical creation from over 20 different areas of science and education. The primary purpose of this book is to help people understand what makes Christianity so trustworthy...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780061697708Author Thich Nhat HanhFormat PaperbackPage Count 292Imprint HarperCollins PublishersPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 231g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780800618063Author H. Paul SantmireFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Augsburg FortressPublisher 1517 MediaWeight(grams) 318g

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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780802879448Author Janet Kellogg RayFormat PaperbackPage Count 227Imprint William B Eerdmans Publishing CoPublisher William B Eerdmans Publishing...

An epic story of the emergence of the universe and of the community of life, with a new vision for how we might bring forth a vibrant Earth Community Today we know what no previous generation knew: the history of the universe and of the unfolding of...

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. ...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780998255613Author Michelle KlimeshFormat PaperbackPage Count 296Imprint Square Circles PublishingPublisher Square Circles PublishingWeight(grams)...

God speaks. By his Spirit. Through the Bible. About his Son. This is one of the most crucial things for any Christian to get to grips with. If we understand how God speaks, then we can truly know him. Everything else slots into place. We see Jesus...

God speaks. By his Spirit. Through the Bible. About his Son. This is one of the most crucial things for any Christian to get to grips with. If we understand how God speaks, then we can truly know him. Everything else slots into place. We see Jesus...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781400054787Author Dr. Stephen D. UnwinFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Three Rivers PressPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780452295346Author Michael DowdFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint PlumePublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 398gDimensions(mm) 213mm * 140mm * 25mm

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...

A significant number of Americans view atheists as immoral elitists, aloof and unconcerned with the common good, and they view science and scientists as responsible. Thanks in large part to the prominence and influence of New Atheists such as Richard...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781789593495Author Paul CobbFormat PaperbackPage Count 108Imprint Sacristy PressPublisher Sacristy PressWeight(grams) 120g

From uttering a prayer before boarding a plane, to exploring past lives through hypnosis, has superstition become pervasive in contemporary culture? Robert Park, the best-selling author of Voodoo Science, argues that it has. In Superstition, Park asks...

In the battle between faith and science, you don't have to choose a side. The rift between faith and science seems to grow larger by the day, as many view the modes of thinking in opposition to one another. People often feel forced to...

A neuroscientist and surgeon makes an argument for the existence of a spiritual human soul in this eye-opening book.Many scientists and doctors believe that there is no such thing as the soul. That there is no part of us that persists beyond death. We...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788499883083Author Carter PhippsFormat PaperbackPage Count 496Imprint Editorial KairosPublisher Editorial KairosWeight(grams) 522gDimensions(mm) 196mm *...

In these essays, Donald Wiebe unveils a significant problem in the academic study of religion in colleges and universities in North America and Europe - that studies almost always exhibit a religious bias. To explore this issue, Wiebe looks at the...