04272nam 2200601 a 450 991077899090332120230124181140.00-8147-3275-50-585-31993-6(CKB)111004368613128(EBL)865478(OCoLC)779828089(SSID)ssj0000243327(PQKBManifestationID)11186012(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000243327(PQKBWorkID)10322068(PQKB)11314159(MiAaPQ)EBC865478(OCoLC)45844126(MdBmJHUP)muse10803(Au-PeEL)EBL865478(CaPaEBR)ebr10032556(EXLCZ)9911100436861312819980928d1999 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrSeduced by science[electronic resource] how American religion has lost its way /Steven GoldbergNew York New York University Pressc19991 online resource (230 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8147-3104-X Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-213) and index.CONTENTS; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; 2 Gene Patents and the Soul; Setting the Stage: Religion Enters the Public Square; Patenting Life: The Legal Background; Religion, Genes, and the Death of Dualism; Cloning Dolly and Cloning Humans; 3 Using the Bible as a Science Text; Early Religious Reactions to Evolution; Modern Creation Science; The Legacy of Creation Science; Alternative Approaches to Evolution; 4 The Medical Power of Prayer; Scientific Studies of Prayer; Grouping Prayer with Other Therapies; The Distinctive Power of Prayer; The Threat to Prayer's Traditional Role5 How Free Speech and Due ProcessProtect ReligionDepicting Religion as a Victim in the Courts; The Constitutional Framework forAmerican Religion; Free Speech and Religion in the Public Square; Due Process and the Right to AttendReligious Schools; The Ultimate Safety Valve: Religious Schools Today; 6 How the Free Exercise of Religion ClauseWorks Today; Protecting Religious Belief and Practice fromPolitical Attacks; Reconciling Free Exercise with Neutral Laws; The Rise and Fall of the Religious FreedomRestoration Act; The Legislative Role in Protecting Free Exercise7 Banning Established Religion in Public Schoolsand Public PlacesGovernment Support for Science; Prayer in the Schools; The Lure of Watered-Down Religion; The Unhappy Fate of Christmas, Hanukkah, andGood Friday; Government and Religious Schools: The Dangerof Vouchers; 8 The Overlap between Religious Values and Law; Justifying Sunday Closing Laws; Striking Down Solely Religious Statutes; Religious Involvement in the Abortion Debate; A Christian Nation?; 9 Hearing Religion's Distinctive Voice; The Central Message of Humility, Values, and Faith; The Places Where Religion Should Be HeardA Personal Observation10 Alternative Perspectives on Religion and Science; Other Places, Other Times; Secular Limits on Science; Using Science to Find God; 11 Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the AuthorAmerican religion, Steven Goldberg claims, has fallen into a trap. Just at the moment when it has amassed the political strength and won the legal right to participate effectively in public debate, it has lost its distinctive voice. Instead of speaking of human values, goals, and limits, it speaks in the language of science. In the United States, science has extraordinary influence and respect. American religious leaders seeking prestige for their point of view regularly couch their responses to technological developments, or defend their faith, in scientific terms. They claim, for instance, tReligion and scienceUnited StatesBible and scienceReligion and scienceBible and science.291.1/75Goldberg Steven1947-2010.1169188MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910778990903321Seduced by science3705679UNINA