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Religion and the Physical Sciences Kate Grayson Boisvert

Religion and the Physical Sciences By Kate Grayson Boisvert

Religion and the Physical Sciences by Kate Grayson Boisvert


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Science and religion have intersected in many ways throughout history - from the trials of Galileo to contemporary debates over stem cell research and the teaching of evolution in schools. This work provides students an overview of the complex manner in which science and religion have influenced each other in both positive and negative ways.

Religion and the Physical Sciences Summary

Religion and the Physical Sciences by Kate Grayson Boisvert

Many people may think that the modern physical sciences - physics, chemistry, astronomy - and religion have little to do with each other. There are, however, many points that these two areas intersect. This volume in the Greenwood Guides to Science and Religion will cover the impact of religion and spirituality on some of the great scientific debates of the last 100 years - the origin of the universe, the nature of matter and energy, the quest for a TOE (theory of everything), and the current debates over multiple universes, the anthropic principle, and other aspects of theoretical physics that are borderline philosophy. Debates on these topics are common in popular works, and the author places all of these debates in a context that the average reader can understand.

About Kate Grayson Boisvert

Kate Grayson Boisvert is an instructor in astronomy at Los Medanos College and a consultant at the Center for Theology and Natural Sciences.

Table of Contents

Series Foreword Acknowledgements Chronology of Events Chapter 1. Introduction: Physical Science and Religion in the 20th Century Chapter 2. The Beginning of the Universe: Scientific and Religious Perspectives Chapter 3. The Nature of Matter and Energy and the Quest for a Final Unified Theory Chapter 4. Cosmic Evolution: Reflections of Scientists Chapter 5. Life and Intelligence in the Universe Chapter 6. Cosmic Evolution: Christian Religious Perspectives Chapter 7. The Cosmology of Meher Baba Chapter 8. The Future According to Science and Religion Primary Documents Bibliography Index

Additional information

NPB9780313332845
9780313332845
0313332843
Religion and the Physical Sciences by Kate Grayson Boisvert
New
Hardback
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
2008-04-30
352
N/A
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