The edge of reason? : science and religion in modern society / / edited by Alex Bentley

• Pubblicazione: London, England ; ; New York, New York : , : Continuum, , 2008; ©2008
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (247 p.)
• Disciplina: 201/.65
• Soggetto topico: Religion and science
• Persona (resp. second.): BentleyAlex
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Science 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: Confrontation 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
• Titolo autorizzato: The edge of reason
• ISBN: 1-282-87596-5; 9786612875960; 1-4411-7486-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910811150803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II