Science and religion [[electronic resource] ] : understanding the issues / / Nancy Morvillo

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910140602903321
• Autore: Morvillo Nancy
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Malden, MA, : Wiley-Blackwell, 2010
• ISBN: 1-282-55095-0; 9786612550959; 1-4443-1729-6; 1-4443-1730-X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (370 p.)
• Disciplina: 201.65; 215
• Soggetti: Religion and science; Natural theology
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Science and Religion; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I Systems of Thought; 1 Learning from the Past; 2 How We Know What We Know; 3 Common Threads and Ultimate Truths; Part II Cosmology; 4 Scientific Explanations of the Cosmos; 5 Creation Myths; 6 Current Understandings of the Universe; 7 Eschatology; Part III Evolution; 8 Darwin Changes Everything; 9 Scientific Explanations of the Origin of Life; 10 Evidence for Evolution; 11 Evolution and Design; 12 Human Evolution; Part IV Ethics in an Age of Science; 13 What It Means to be Human; 14 Modern-Day Marvels: Biotechnology and Medicine15 Stewardship and the Environment; Further Reading; Source Acknowledgments; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: From the heliocentric controversy and evolution, to debates on biotechnology and the environment, this book offers a balanced introduction to the key issues in science and religion.A balanced, introductory textbook which fully spans the interface between science and religion, and includes illustrations of scientific concepts throughout Explores key historical issues, including the heliocentric controversy, and evolution, but also topics of current importance, such ; as biotechnology and environmental issues Appendices include a wide range of biblical readings; exc