The Cambridge companion to science and religion /

The Cambridge companion to science and religion / edited by Peter Harrison. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2010. - xi, 307 p. ; 23 cm - Cambridge companions to religion . - Cambridge companions to religion. .

Formerly CIP.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 296-302) and index.

his book provides a comprehensive introduction to the relations between science and religion, with contributions from historians, philosophers, scientists and theologians. It explores the impact of religion on the origins and development of science, religious reactions to Darwinism, and the link between science and secularization. It also offers in-depth discussions of contemporary issues, with perspectives from cosmology, evolutionary biology, psychology, and bioethics. The volume is rounded out with philosophical reflections on the connections between atheism and science, the nature of scientific and religious knowledge, and divine action and human freedom

9780521885386 . £50.00

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Religion and science
Philosophy
Popular science
Astronomy, space & time
Cosmology & the universe
Human biology
Religion: general