The edge of reason? : science and religion in modern society
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The edge of reason? : science and religion in modern society
Continuum, 2008
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Should scientists challenge religious beliefs in modern society? This book gives voice to those scientist and theologians whose experience holds direct relevance in the confrontational science and religion debate.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' "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 society.
Table of Contents
- Foreword, Mary Midgley, Emerita Professor of Philosophy, University of Newcastle upon Tyne
- Introduction, Alex Bentley, Lecturer in Anthropology (Durham University, UK)
- Part 1: Should scientists challenge religious beliefs in modern society?
- 1. Science and religion: negotiating the twenty-first-century rapids, Denis Alexander, Director of the Faraday Institute for Science and Religion (Cambridge University, UK)
- 2. Religion, theology and the human sciences, Richard Roberts, Emeritus Professor of Religious Studies (Lancaster University, UK)
- 3. Aboriginal versus Western creationism, Bob Layton, Professor of Anthropology (Durham University, UK). 4. Science versus anthropology, not religion, Simon Coleman, Professor of Anthropology (Sussex University, UK)
- 5. How atheists should interact with theists, Michael Shermer, Executive Director of the Sceptics Society and monthly columnist for Scientific American
- Part 2: Is religion inevitable in human society?
- 6. The evolution of religion, Lewis Wolpert, Professor of Biology (University College London, UK)
- 7. Brain science and belief, Andrew Newberg, Associate Professor in the Department of Radiology and Psychiatry (University of Pennsylvania, USA)
- 8. Why Darwin was wrong about people but right about God, Timothy Taylor, Reader in Archaeology (University of Bradford, UK)
- 9. The prehistory of religion, Steven Mithen, Professor of Archaeology (University of Reading, UK)
- 10. Why Richard Dawkins is wrong about religion, David Sloan Wilson, Professor of Biology (Binghamton University, USA)
- Part 3: Is religion harmful for society?
- 11. The evolution of violence, Herbert Maschner, Associate Professor of Anthropology (Idaho State University, USA)
- 12. Terror versus public good, Ian Reader, Professor of Japanese Studies (University of Manchester, UK)
- 13. Buddhism: A better balance in the East? Hiroko Kawanami, Lecturer in Buddhist Studies (Lancaster University, UK)
- 14. Is religion a destructive power?, Andrian Kreye, Suddeutsche Zeitung
- Part 4: Can science itself inspire spiritual wonder?
- 15. Can scientific discovery be a spiritual experience? John Hedley Brooke, Andreas Idreos Professorship of Science and Religion (Oxford University, UK)
- 16. God in the gaps, Gordy Slack, Author of The Battle Over the Meaning of Everything
- 17. Other intelligences, Seth Shostak, SETI Institute Senior Astronomer (SETI Institute, USA)
- 18. Heavens above! Old notions never die, they just incorporate, William Calvin, Emeritus Professor of Medicine (University of Washington, USA)
- 19. Natural theology in contemporary cosmology, David Wilkinson, Lecturer in Theology (Durham University, UK).
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