LEADER 03206nam 2200517 450 001 9910811150803321 005 20230124190047.0 010 $a1-282-87596-5 010 $a9786612875960 010 $a1-4411-7486-9 035 $a(CKB)2670000000054801 035 $a(EBL)601637 035 $a(OCoLC)676700542 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC601637 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5309403 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3003079 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3003079 035 $a(OCoLC)928191766 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000054801 100 $a20180315h20082008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 04$aThe edge of reason? $escience and religion in modern society /$fedited by Alex Bentley 210 1$aLondon, England ;$aNew York, New York :$cContinuum,$d2008. 210 4$dİ2008 215 $a1 online resource (247 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-84706-217-2 311 $a1-84706-218-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aScience and religion : negotiating the 21st century rapids / Denis R. Alexander -- Why new atheist definitions of religions fail / Mark Hulsether -- Aboriginal versus Western creationism / Robert Layton -- Science versus anthropology, not religion / Simon Coleman -- Atheism and liberty / Michael Shermer -- The evolution of warfare / Herbert D.G. Maschner and Katherine L. Reedy-Maschner -- Why we are good : mirror neurons and the roots of empathy / Gordy Slack -- The evolution of religion / Lewis Wolpert -- Is religion inevitable? an archaeologist's view from the past / Steven Mithen -- Artificials, or why Darwin was wrong about humans / Timothy Taylor -- Brain science and belief / Andrew Newberg -- Why Richard Dawkins is wrong about religion / David Sloan Wilson -- Public terror versus public good / Ian Reader -- Buddhism : is there a better balance in the East? / Hiroko Kawanami -- Can scientific discovery be a religious experience? / John Hedley Brooke -- Heavens above! Old notions never die. They just incorporate / William Calvin -- Other intelligences / Seth Shostak -- Natural theology in contemporary cosmology / David Wilkinson. 330 $aConfrontation between science and religion has defined much public debate about religion in recent years, most lately in bestsellers portraying a clash between scientists and religious believers, such as Richard Dawkin's The God Delusion and Sam Harris's The End of Faith or Letter to a Christian Nation . But what does this clash mean for society?. This collection of essays gives voice to social scientists, natural scientists and theologians whose experience holds direct relevance on these major issues, and encourages a new, more forgiving dialogue between these two huge forces in modern societ 606 $aReligion and science 615 0$aReligion and science. 676 $a201/.65 702 $aBentley$b Alex 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910811150803321 996 $aThe edge of reason$94106727 997 $aUNINA