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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463530003321

Titolo

Latin American perspectives on science and religion / / edited by Ignacio Silva

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, England ; ; Vermont, New England, United States : , : Pickering & Chatto, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-317-31773-4

1-317-31774-2

1-78144-466-8

1-78144-457-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (205 p.)

Collana

International Perspectives on Science, Culture and Society

Disciplina

215

330.951

Soggetti

Religion and science - Latin America

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; List of Contributors; List of Figures; Introduction; 1. Mariano Artigas and the Philosophical Bridge between Science andReligion; 2. Science and Religion from Paul Tillich's Theology of Culture and Philosophy of Religion ; 3. Liberation Theology and Science ; 4. The Historian between Faith and Relativism; 5.  The Cult of the Heavens; 6. Jesuit Science in the Missions of Paraguay and Río de la Plata; 7. Darwinism in the Second Half of the Nineteenth Century in Latin America; 8. 'Rescuing Darwin' in Brazil; 9. The Creationist/Evolutionist Debate, from Science to Myth

10. 'Person' as Converging Notion for Neuroscience, Philosophy and Religion11. Indeterminism and Pluralism in Nature; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Latin America plays an increasingly important role in the development of modern Christianity yet it has been underrepresented in current scholarship on religion and science. In this first book on the subject, contributors explore the different ways that religion and science relate to each other.