Science, religion, and society : an encyclopedia of history, culture, and controversy / edited by Arri Eisen and Gary Laderman ; foreword by The Dalai Lama.
This unique encyclopedia explores the historical and contemporary controversies between science and religion. It is designed to offer multicultural and multi-religious views, and provide wide-ranging perspectives. Science, Religion, and Society covers all aspects of the religion and science dichotom...
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| Language: | English |
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Armonk, N.Y. :
M.E. Sharpe,
[2007], ©2007.
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| Physical Description: | 2 volumes (xix, 888 pages) : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Format: | Electronic Book |
Contents:
- Volume 1
- Integrating science and religion / John Polkinghorne
- Integrating science and religion : a Jewish perspective / Norbert M. Samuelson
- Islam and science / Toby E. Huff
- The place of science in the Hindu worldview / P. Venugopala Rao
- Science and religion in Africa / Gloria Emeagwali
- Science and Native American communities / Keith James
- Native spirituality and science / Phillip H. Duran
- Knowing the world /
- Issues in science and religion : a critical evaluation / Lawrence I. Gould
- Intersecting frontiers in science and religion / Paul Utukuru
- A superior road for life's journey : a scientist explores reality / Jagdish N. Srivastava
- Ichi Tante Mind : a Zen Buddhist perspective / Leslie A. Real
- Islam and science: notes on an ongoing debate / Ibrahim Kalin
- Taoist contributions to science in China / Jiang Sheng
- Religious pluralism and science in Asia / Shigeru Nakayama
- Diversity of the religious experience / Ralph W. Hood Jr.
- Multicultural perspectives on issues in science and religion / Barbara Strassberg
- Learning science in a multicultural, multifaith world / Eva Krugly-Smolska
- Historical Perspectives
- Religion in Ancient Western South America / Charles Stanish
- Science in Pre-Hispanic Western South America / Charles Stanish
- Science in the classical Hindu world / V.V. Raman
- Joseph Needham and Taoism / Shigeru Nakayama
- Islam and premodern science / Muzaffar Iqbal
- Islam and modern science / Muzaffar Iqbal
- Science, philosophy, and religion in Ancient Greece and Rome / Louis A. Ruprecht Jr.
- Patristic theology and Greek natural philosophy / Matthew F. Dowd
- Religion and science in the middle ages / Edward Grant
- Greco-Roman conceptions of the natural world, religion, and leadership in the later Roman empire / Walter Roberts
- Knowledge and accuracy in early Greek historical writing / Gordon Shrimpton
- The development and diffusion of alchemy from antiquity to the Renaissance / Brenda S. Gardenour
- Women's bodies, women's souls : perspectives in the middle ages / Brenda S. Gardenour
- Religion and geography in the early middle ages / Natalia Lozovsky
- The Western calendar : religion and science intertwined / Matthew F. Dowd
- Extraterrestrial life and Christianity / Michael J. Crowe
- Creation, the cosmos, and origins of the Universe
- Creation and origins of the universe / Marcelo Gleiser
- African cosmologies past and present / Hazel Ayanga
- Creation myths of Africa / Gloria Emeagwali and Ayele Bekerie
- The Biblical view of nature / Stephen D. Snobelen
- Galileo, science, and religion / Mariano Artigas
- Isaac Newton : his science and religion / Stephen D. Snobelen
- God and the big bang / Theodore Schick
- Cosmology and the anthropic principle / Victor J. Stenger
- Creationism / Jeffrey Koperski
- Science and the Bible : two views of one reality / Gerald Schroeder
- Is cosmology religiously significant? / Willem B. Drees
- Space in ancient Mesoamerica / Rex Koontz.
- Volume 2
- Ecology, evolution, and the natural world
- Natural theology, deism, and early modern science / Peter Harrison
- Process theology / Joseph Bracken
- Evolution / Francisco J. Ayala
- Evolution and natural selection / Christopher W. Beck
- Intelligent design / Michael J. Behe
- Evolution and religion / Scott Atran
- The environment in an African spirituality / Adam K. arap Chepkwony
- Environmental ethics / Celia Deane-Drummond
- Science and the sacred / John Ikerd
- Science, religion, and sustainable development / Mikael Stenmark
- Consciousness, mind, and the brain
- The psychology of religion / Christopher Peterson and Nansook Park
- Consciousness and neurotheology / Kelly Bulkeley
- Neurotheology / Carol Rausch Albright
- Neurobiology and consciousness / Imants Barušs
- The ethics of psychosurgery and deep brain stimulation / Kenneth R. Livingston
- The mind-body problem / J.P. Moreland
- Extraordinary aspects of reality in altered states / Imants Barušs
- Consciousness, ritual, and belief / Kenneth R. Livingston
- Cognitive science of religion / D. Jason Slone
- Healers and Healing
- Shamanism / Alexander Escobar
- Shamanism and science : ancient pathways to healing and understanding / E. Barrie Kavasch
- Shamanism : a biogenetic perspective / Michael Tlanusta Garrett
- Spiritual healing in the Ethiopian Orthodox Church / Getatchew Haile
- African traditional medicine : healing and spirituality / Adam K. arap Chepkwony
- AIDS, science, and religion in Africa / Hazel Ayanga
- Nuwati : Native American wisdom and healing / Michael Tlanusta Garrett
- The role of religion and spirituality in conventional medical treatment / William T. Branch, Jr.
- Interdisciplinary approaches to faith healing / Lisa J. Schwebel
- Does religion cause health? / Doug Oman and Carl E. Thoresen
- Dying and Death
- The blurred boundary : when death displaces life / Joanne D.S. McMahon
- Judaism and ethical issues in end of life care / Elliot N. Dorff
- Hospice / Charles A. Corr
- Prolonging living and dying / Kathy Kinlaw
- Near death experiences / Bruce J. Horacek
- Dissection and autopsy / Toby E. Huff
- Genetics and religion
- Genetics, society, and spirituality / Gaymon Bennett
- Biotechnology and theology / Celia Deane-Drummond
- Religion, ethics, and the Human Genome Project / Margaret R. McLean
- Human reproductive cloning : assessing the concerns / Timothy Caulfield.