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Columbia University Press Mind and Life
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewA pleasure to read. Buddhadharma Stimulating. Nature An excellent presentation of what can happen when intelligent, open minds sit down together with the goal of mutual understanding and betterment. -- Sameet Kumar PsyCritiquesTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1. How Real Are the Elementary Particles? 2. The Emergence of Complexity; and an Interview with Matthieu Ricard 3. Toward the Complexity of Life 4. How Life Unfolds; and an Interview with Richard Gere 5. The Magic of the Human Genome and Its Ethical Problems; and an Interview with His Holiness the Karmapa 6. From Consciousness to Ethics 7. Last Words About the Mind and Life Institute Notes Index
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Columbia University Press The Science of Chinese Buddhism
Book SynopsisMaps Buddhists' efforts to rethink their traditions through science in the initial decades of the twentieth century.Trade ReviewUsing science as an ideological marker of modernity, Hammerstrom presents an astute discussion of the ongoing relationship, rhetorical and otherwise, between various understandings of Buddhism and science. -- David McMahan, Franklin & Marshall College Through impeccably conducted research, Hammerstrom provides a sorely needed comprehensive history of how Chinese Buddhists shaped their own scientific epistemology. -- Rebecca Nedostup, Brown University Hammerstrom contributes to the ongoing study of science and religion by giving us a view of their relationship from a non-Western perspective. Utilizing newly available archives of Buddhist periodicals, he shows that early twentieth-century Chinese Buddhists had different issues with science than those that routinely vex Western religions. The Science of Chinese Buddhism provides a wide field of previously unavailable data that will expand the theoretical conversation for many years to come. -- Charles B. Jones, Catholic University of America Erik Hammerstrom masterfully reveals the ways Chinese Buddhist intellectuals of Republican China reconfigured Buddhism to make it compatible with science and modernity, as well as argued for Buddhism's superiority to them. With fascinating stories and a meticulous analysis, Hammerstrom's book is a must-read for anyone seeking to understand Buddhism's makeover as the paradigm of science dawned over East Asia. -- Hwansoo Ilmee Kim, Duke University [The Science of Chinese Buddhism] breaks new ground... Hammerstrom's scholarship is detailed and thorough... Recommended. Choice An important work that will be used and cited for a long time to come. Religious Studies ReviewTable of ContentsPreface Introduction 1. The Historical Context 2. Views on the Physical Universe 3. Empiricism and the Means for Verification 4. The Nature of Mind 5. Ethics, Science, and Society 6. Science and Self-Cultivation Epilogue Notes Glossary Bibliography Index
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Zondervan 2084 Video Study
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Zondervan God Made the Dinosaurs
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Zondervan Academic Creation Care Video Lectures DVD
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Random House USA Inc The Transcendent Brain
Book SynopsisFrom the acclaimed author of Einstein?s Dreams comes a rich, fascinating answer to the question, Can the scientifically inclined still hold space for spirituality? ?Lightman…belongs to a noble tradition of science writers, including Oliver Sacks and Lewis Thomas, who can poke endlessly into a subject and…stir up fresh embers of wonder.? ?The Wall Street JournalGazing at the stars, falling in love, or listening to music, we sometimes feel a transcendent connection with a cosmic unity and things larger than ourselves. But these experiences are not easily understood by science, which holds that all things can be explained in terms of atoms and molecules. Is there space in our scientific worldview for these spiritual experiences? According to acclaimed physicist and novelist Alan Lightman, there may be. Drawing on intellectual history and conversations with contemporary scientists, philosophers, and psychologists, Lightman asks a series of thought-provoking questions that illuminate our strange place between the world of particles and forces and the world of complex human experience. Can strict materialism explain our appreciation of beauty? Or our feelings of connection to nature and to other people? Is there a physical basis for consciousness, the most slippery of all scientific problems? Lightman weaves these investigations together to propose what he calls ?spiritual materialism?? the belief that we can embrace spiritual experiences without letting go of our scientific worldview. In his view, the breadth of the human condition is not only rooted in material atoms and molecules but can also be explained in terms of Darwinian evolution. What is revealed in this lyrical, enlightening book is that spirituality may not only be compatible with science, it also ought to remain at the core of what it means to be human.
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Rowman & Littlefield A Case Against Accident and SelfOrganization
Book SynopsisIn this illuminating book, Dean L. Overman uses logical principles and mathematical calculations to answer intriguing questions that have long perplexed biologists and astrophysicists.Trade ReviewOverman's 'brief' finds implausible the claims that life evolved from nonlife by chance and that the conditions for life in the universe are without cause. . . . As clear and straightforward an argument as one can find. * First Things *The author has provided an eminently readable and interesting book. -- Glenn Wyper * Reformed Review, Fall 98, Vo. 52 N0. 1 *The writing is very clear, with hierarchic organization of numbered sections and subsections. Overman writes for the intelligent layperson, making this fine presentation of the argument for Design accessible to a wide audience. -- Charles E. Chaffey, Universtiy of Toronto * Book Reviews, March 99 *Overman's Brilliant book A Case Against Accident and Self-Organization will demonstrate to any reader that the universe we know could hardly have arisen by chance. * The American Enterprise *For entertainment, Mr. Overman likes to ponder the origins of life on Earth, the mysteries of quantum mechanics and the nuances of particle physics. His mastery of these fields has earned him the respect and admiration of scholars from Cambridge to Harvard. -- Mona Charen * The Washington Times *A valuable contribution to the discussion about the relationship between natural science and theology. -- Wolfhart Pannenberg, University of Munich...impressive work. * Philosophia Christi *
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Johns Hopkins University Press The Western Construction of Religion Myths
Book SynopsisThe Western Construction of Religion not only provides a critical assessment of the whole history of religionas it is understood in the West but offers better ways of constructing the study of this central part of human experience.Trade ReviewThis book stands out among recent examinations of 'religion' and is a valuable point of reference for related work in the field. -- Steven Engler Religious Studies Review 2006 In this important book, Dubuisson offers what could be described as a Feuerbachian critique of religious studies, including comparative, sociological, and especially anthropological accounts of the phenomenon taken to be 'religion.' Choice 2004 A very rich synthesis, this book brings together the various stages of work by a critical and theoretical researcher of anthropology. Science HumaineTable of ContentsContents:Introduction: Religion, the West, and the History of ReligionsI The West and Religion1. A Central Concept The Mirror of the West Singular Universes Religio and Religion Texts, Corpora, and Hypertext Cosmographical Issues2. A Paprdoxical Subject Religions or Religious Phenomena? History or Histories?3. An Uncertain Anthropological Calling A Nebula of Definitions An Absence of Criteria Imprecise and Shifting Boundaries Arbitrary Typologies A Scattering of Monographs Arbitrary, Narcissistic ObjectivizationII Order and History4. Christianity and the West A Unique History Interiorization and Universalization Autonomy and Imperialism5. Continuities A General Topic A Major Paradigm Exemplary ThesesIII The Genealogy of a Western Science6. The History of Religions in the Nineteenth Century Ubiquitous Prejudices Myths and Science A Science of Its Time7. Three Twentieth-Century Debates The Sociological Explanation "Historians" and Phenomenologists The Invention of Homo religiosusIV From Religions to Cosmographic Formations8. The West, Religion, and Science9. ProlegomenaNotes Index
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Johns Hopkins University Press Science and Religion 400 B.C. to A.D. 1550 From
Book SynopsisDespite some tensions in the thirteenth century, the Church and its theologians became favorably disposed toward science and natural philosophy and used them extensively in their theological deliberations.Trade ReviewScience and Religion should be required reading for all those teaching and researching in this area. -- Fraser F. Fleming Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith 2006 Fascinating book. -- William R. Shea Archives Internationale d'Histoire des Sciences 2006 Grant gives his reader a good sense of the main trends and the rich tapestry of medieval thought. Journal of the Association of Christians in the Mathematical Sciences 2008Table of ContentsIllustrationsChronology of Events1. IntroductionThe Middle Ages: A Time ofo Ignorance and Barbarism? Or a Period of Striking Innovation?Religion and Science among the Greeks prior to the Emergence of ChristianityThe Propagation of ScienceBrief Descriptions of Chapters 2–82. Aristotle and the Beginnings of Two Thousand Years of Natural PhilosophyLifeWorksAchievementsAristotle's Cosmos and Natural PhilosophyThe Scope of Natural Philosophy3. Science and Natural Philosophy in the Roman EmpireThe Pre-Socratic Natural PhilosophersThe Emergence and Development of the Sciences in the Greek WorldThe Life SciencesThe Exact SciencesGreek Science in the Roman Empire to the Sixth Century a.d.4. The First Six Centuries of Christianity: Christian Attitudes toward Greek Philosophy and ScienceThe Mystery Religions and AstrologyThe Triumph of Christianity in the Roman WorldChristianity and the Pagan Intellectual WorldCommentaries on Genesis (Hexameral Treatises): The Christian Understanding of the Creation of the World5. The Emergence of a New Europe after the Barbarian InvasionsThe Latin EncyclopedistsWestern Europe at Its NadirThe New Europe in the Twelfth CenturyThe Beginnings of the New Natural Philosophy6. The Medieval Universities and the Impact of Aristotle's Natural PhilosophyThe Translations of Aristotle's Books on Natural PhilosophyUniversities in the Middle AgesTypes of Literature in Natural PhilosophyThe Relations between Natural Philosophy and Theology in the Thirteenth CenturyIs Theology a Science?7. The Interrelations between Natural Philosophy and Theology in the Fourteenth and Fifteenth CenturiesThe Influence of the Condemnation of 1277 on Natural PhilosophyThe Impact of Religion on Natural Philosophy in the Middle AgesThe Role of Natural Philosophy in TheologyThe Significance and Meaning of the Interaction between Natural Philosophy and TheologyRelations between Science and Religion in the Byzantine Empire, the World of Islam, and the Latin WestThe Byzantine EmpireIslamThe Latin WestPrimary Sources1. Roger Bacon, The "Opus Majus" of Roger Bacon2. Giles of Rome, Errores Philosophorum3. Saint Bonaventure, On the Eternity of the World (De Aeternitate Mundi)4. Saint Thomas Aquinas, On the Eternity of the World (De Aeternitate Mundi)5. Albert of Saxony, Questions on [Aristotle's] On the Heavens6. Nicole Oresme, Le Livre du ciel et du mondeAnnotated BibliographyIndex
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Johns Hopkins University Press Science and Religion 14501900 From Copernicus to
Book SynopsisExplores the many ways in which religion - its ideas, attitudes, practices, and institutions - interacted with science from the beginnings of the Scientific Revolution to the end of the nineteenth century. This work explores those interactions by focusing on a sequence of major religious and intellectual movements.Trade ReviewHighly recommended. Readers with an interest in science, at the lower-undergraduate level and above. Choice Provide[s] a rich historical background to the interaction between science and religion. -- Seymour H. Mauskopf Nuncius 2007 Should appeal to aficionados of science and religion interested in the interaction of culture with the development of science. -- Fraser F. Fleming Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith 2007 An interesting, insightful, and clearly argued overview. -- Edward B. Davis Isis 2007 Olson's meticulous treatment of the rich variety of interconnections between science and religion was a refreshing revelation. The book does an excellent job of documenting the complex tangle of interconnections between religious thought and scientific work during this time period. Journal of the Association of Christians in the Mathematical Sciences 2008 The book can be warmly recommended to anyone interested in the various ways in which religion interacted with science from the beginning of the Scientific Revolution to the end of the 19th century. -- William R. Shea Archives Internationale d'Histoire des Sciences 2007Table of ContentsIllustrationsAcknowledgmentsChronology of Events1. Introduction: Galileo and the Church-Or, How Do Science and Religion Interact?The Conflict ModelThe Case of the Galileo AffairThree Additional Special Cases of ConflictModern Claims That Religion Supports Science2. Religion and the Transition to "Modern" Science: Christian Demands for Useful KnowledgeThe Starting Point: Late Medieval ScienceChallenge to Medieval ScienceChristian Humanism and the Hermtic CorpusThe Life and Works of ParacelsusChristian Utopias and the Institutions for Modern Science3. Science and Catholicism in the Scientific Revolution, 1550-1770Science and the Council of TrentJesuit ScienceCatholics and the Mechanical Philosophy: Mersenne, Descartes, and GassendiThe Special Case of Blaise Pascal4. Science and Religion in England, 1590-1740The Anglican Focus on Natural TheologyThe Puritan Approach to Natural KnowledgeThe Origins of Anglican Mechanical PhilosophyThe Anti-Materialist Response to Hobbes5. Newton's Religion, Newtonian Religions, and Eighteenth-Century ReactionsNewton's Science and ReputationNewton and Prophecy InterpretationNewtonian ReligionJohn Locke and the Rise of DeismReactions against Newtonian Natural Theology6. Scientific Understanding of Religion and Religious Understanding of Science, 1700-1859Early Anthropological Approaches to ReligionReligion and the EmotionsImmanuel Kant's Separation of Scientific Knowledge from Religious FaithThe Post-Kantian Tradition in German Theology- Schleiermacher and HegelA New Anthropology of Religion- FeuerbachDavid Strauss and the Use of Science to Reject Evangelical ChristianityAuguste Comte's "Religion of Humanity"Scottish Common Sense Philosophy Calls for a Scientific Religion and a Religious Science7. Back to the Beginnings-of the Earth, of Life, and of Humankind, 1680-1859Mosaid GeologySecular Geology and the Age of the EarthAccounting for Change Over TimeBuffonLamarckThe Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation8. What to Do about Darwin?The Character of Charles Darwin's On the Origin of SpeciesInitial Anglo-American Religious Responses to DarwinDarwinism and Concerns about Scientific NaturalismAnglo-American Protestant Responses to Darwin after 1875Anglo-American Catholic and Jewish Responses to EvolutionConclusionPrimary Sources1. Hermes Trismagistus, Hermetica2. Richard Hooker, The Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity in Eight Books3. Robert Boyle, "A Free Inquiry into the Vulgarly Conceived Notion of Nature"4. John Ray, The Wisdom of God Manifested in the Works of Creations5. Thomas Burnet, The Theory of the Earth6. David Hume, The Natural History of Religion7. Ludwig Feuerbach, The Essence of Christianity8. John William Draper, History of the Conflict between Religion and Science9. James McCosh, The Religious Aspect of EvolutionAnnotated BibliographyIndex
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Johns Hopkins University Press Equations from God
Book SynopsisUsing an array of published and private sources, Cohen shows how philosophers and mathematicians seized upon the beautiful simplicity inherent in mathematical laws to reconnect with the divine and traces the route by which the divinely inspired mathematics of the Victorian era begot later secular philosophies.Trade ReviewThe book is a good read. -- Barnabas Hughes Convergence 2007 Cohen's short, readable book is a study in the history of ideas, and can be welcomed as pointing the way to important new directions in the history of mathematics. -- Jeremy Gray Newsletter of the London Mathematical Society 2007 An extremely helpful book for anyone interested in the relationship between mathematics and religious belief. Journal of the Association of Christians in the Mathematical Sciences 2007 An excellent pick for college-level collections strong in science or spirituality. Midwest Book Review 2007 One can only welcome Equations from God. First Things 2007 A great book, full of lovely stories. It is an important contribution. -- Teun Koetsier Zentralblatt Math 2007 The main strength of the book comes from Cohen's archival research. -- Ivor Grattan-Guinness American Historical Review 2008 Well-researched and engaging... breaks through the traditional mold for writing history of mathematics. -- Calvin Jongsma Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith 2008 Cohen has offered food for thought for historians of Victorian science in general and of mathematics in particular. -- Karen H. Parshall Isis 2008 Equations from God is well researched and stylishly written... a most welcome addition to the growing literature. -- Tony Crilly Victorian Studies 2008 Cohen has successfully situated the work of Peirce, Boole and De Morgan in social and religious context, making this book a valuable contribution to the literature on the mathematics of the English-speaking world in the nineteenth century. -- Judith V. Grabiner British Journal for the History of Science 2008 Welcome and informative book. -- Timothy Larsen Books and Culture: A Christian Review 2009Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: The Allure of Pure Mathematics in the Victorian Age1. Heavenly Symbols: Sources of Victorian Mathematical Idealism2. God and Math at Harvard: Benjamin Peirce and the Divinityof Mathematics3. George Boole and the Genesis of Symbolic Logic4. Augustus De Morgan and the Logic of Relations5. Early Calculations: Mathematics and Professionalismin the Late Nineteenth CenturyNotesBibliographyIndex
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Moody Publishers God Speaks Science
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William B Eerdmans Publishing Co NEW PROOFS FOR THE EXISTENCE OF GOD CONTRIBUTIONS
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The Catholic University of America Press Respectably Catholic and Scientific Evolution
Book SynopsisTraces the unexpected manner in which several influential liberal-progressive Catholics tried to shape how evolution and birth control were framed and debated in the public square in the era between the World Wars - and the unintended consequences of their efforts.
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Quest Books,U.S. Creative Evolution A Physicists Resolution
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Master Books Made in Heaven Mans Indiscriminate Stealing of
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Master Books Lie Evolution EvolutionMillions of Years
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Master Books The New Answers Book 4 New Answers Master Books
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New Leaf Press Living Fossils Evolution The Grand Experiment
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Apex Press Voices of Hope in the Struggle to Save the Planet
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Frontline Distribution International The Mission The Life Reign Character of Haile
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Frontline Distribution International Dread History Leonard P Howell and Millenarian
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Frontline Books The Wise Mind of Emperor Haile Sellassie I
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Search for the Truth Publications Search for the Truth
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Thomas Nelson Publishers The Adam Quest
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Science and Religion
Book SynopsisFrom the heliocentric controversy and evolution, to debates on biotechnology and the environment, this book offers a balanced introduction to the key issues in science and religion. A balanced, introductory textbook which fully spans the interface between science and religion, and includes illustrations of scientific concepts throughout Explores key historical issues, including the heliocentric controversy, and evolution, but also topics of current importance, such as biotechnology and environmental issues Appendices include a wide range of biblical readings; excerpts from early philosophers, theologians and scientists, including Aristotle, Aquinas, Hume, Kant, Galileo, Newton, and Darwin; and short works from twentieth and twenty-first century scientists and theologians Accessibly structured in to sections covering cosmology, evolution, and ethics in a scientific age Provides significant coverage of scientific information and Trade Review“This is a well presented and interesting book written in a clear and economic style . . . These suggestions are made in the hope that this excellent work could become essential reading for courses in this country on science and religion.” (Science and Religion, 1 November 2012) "Recommended. Upper-division undergraduate through professional collections." (Choice, 1 March 2011)Table of ContentsCHAPTER 1: LEARNING FROM THE PAST. CHAPTER 2: HOW WE KNOW WHAT WE KNOW. PART TWO: COSMOLOGY. CHAPTER 3: EXPLANATIONS OF THE COSMOS. CHAPTER 4: CREATION MYTHS. . CHAPTER 5: CURRENT UNDERSTANDINGS OF THE UNIVERSE. CHAPTER 6: ESCHATOLOGY. PART THREE: EVOLUTION. CHAPTER 7: DARWIN CHANGES EVERYTHING. CHAPTER 8: SCIENTIFIC EXPLANATIONS OF THE ORIGINS OF LIFE. . CHAPTER 9: EVIDENCE FOR EVOLUTION. CHAPTER 10: EVOLUTION AND DESIGN. CHAPTER 11: HUMAN EVOLUTION. PART FOUR: ETHICS IN A SCIENTIFIC AGE. CHAPTER 12: WHAT IT MEANS TO BE HUMAN. . CHAPTER 13: GENDER ISSUES. CHAPTER 14: THE PROMISE OF BIOTECHNOLOGY. CHAPTER 15: THE MEDICINE OF TOMORROW. CHAPTER 16: STEWARDSHIP AND THE ENVIRONMENT. . CHAPTER 17: COMMON THREADS AND ULTIMATE TRUTHS
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Johns Hopkins University Press Einsteins Jewish Science
Book SynopsisThere are some senses, Gimbel claims, in which Jews can find a special connection to E = mc2, and this claim leads to the engaging, spirited debate at the heart of this book.Trade ReviewIn this wide-ranging exploration, Gimbel... seeks to discover whether and to what extent Einstein's work could legitimately be called 'Jewish' and what difference it makes. Publishers Weekly Gimbel spins out what could have been a mere provocation into a wide-ranging and entertaining collision of science, history, philosophy, and religion. Zocalo Public Square Gimbel is an engaging writer... he takes readers on enlightening excursions through the nature of Judaism, Hegelian philosophy, wherever his curiosity leads. -- George Johnson New York Times [A] lively, intentionally provocative and wholly compelling inquiry into the Jewishness of Einstein himself and the world-changing scientific revolution that he set in motion. -- Jonathan Kirsch Jewish Journal Reaching back into the first half of the twentieth century, Gimbel returns with absorbing stories about Albert Einstein and his life as a politician, brilliant scientist, and Jew. -- Fred Reiss San Diego Jewish World For anyone interested in the history and philosophy of science, this book is well worth reading to its delightful conclusion. -- Rivqa Rafael Cosmos The author explores the question of whether a scientist's religious and cultural/ethnic heritage colors the way he/she does science. Choice The author and his book do a wonderful job in framing the time, and the science, and the politics, and the religion. -- Howard Blumenthal Digital Insider The ugly, public assault on Einstein in early 1920s Germany is the starting point... The attack on Einstein is thoroughly and clearly described and placed in its historical and political context. There is no better English-language source on the topic. But Gimbel quickly turns the whole question upside down, asking with more than a little, deliberate irony whether there might not, in fact, be some truth to the characterization of Einstein's physics as, in some sense, 'Jewish.' What follows is a fascinating and enlightening discussion of many aspects of the scientific, philosophical, religious, cultural, and political history of the 20th century that examines the many different ways in which one might understand the suggestion that Einstein's physics expresses or reflects something distinctively Jewish. -- Don Howard Physics Today To understand Gimbel's argument about the Jewish quality of Einstein's approach-and to perceive the boldness of Gimbel's decision to re-examine twentieth-century, anti-Semitic ideas about 'Jewish science'-it's necessary first to understand the historical moment out of which the theory of relativity emerged. -- Donald Goldsmith TikkunTable of ContentsIntroduction: Einstein's Jewish Science1. Is Einstein a Jew?2. Is Relativity Pregnant with Jewish Concepts?3. Why Did a Jew Formulate the Theory of Relativity?4. Is the Theory of Relativity Political Science or Scientific Politics?5. Did Relativity Influence the Jewish Intelligentsia?6. Einstein's Liberal Science?Conclusion: Einstein's Cosmopolitan ScienceAcknowledgmentsNotesBibliographyIndex
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Johns Hopkins University Press Medicine and Religion
Book Synopsis"-JAMA"An important book, for students of Christian theology who understand health and healing to be topics of theological interest, and for health care practitioners who seek a historical perspective on the development of the ethos of their vocation."-Journal of Religion and HealthTrade ReviewThis book is highly recommended to anyone who is interested in the intersection of religion and medicine... I expect this book to become required reading for many clinical health care and bioethics classes (as well as history classes). -- Sharon Packer Metapsychology Medicine and Religion will serve as a useful introduction to anyone - which means everyone - who will experience its twin themes. -- William Whyte Church Times This book is quite wonderful... It covers a large amount of history in the setting of a relatively short book, but the information that is contained in the eight chapters and epilogue is incredibly well presented in an easy-to-read manner. -- John F. Pohl Perspectives in Science and Christian Faith Gary B. Ferngren is familiar with the often volatile, always interesting intersections of science and religion. His Science and Religion: A Historical Introduction (2002) and Medicine and Healthcare in Early Christianity (2009), both published by Johns Hopkins University Press, made important contributions to the field. At last, instructors who wanted relatively succinct but authoritative treatments of these subjects had excellent additions to their classroom syllabi. This new book is no exception. -- Michael A. Flannery Medical History [Ferngren's book] will be particularly useful for students in divinity and religious studies and all those qualifying for social health care who might find themselves in search of new perspectives in caring for the sick and the dying in today's all too often spiritually deprived, cost-benefit-based health care institutions. Bulletin of the History of MedicineTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. The Ancient Near East2. Greece3. Rome4. Early Christianity5. The Middle Ages6. Islam in the Middle Ages, with Mahdieh Tavakol7. The Early Modern Period8. The Nineteenth and Twentieth CenturiesEpilogueNotesIndex
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Johns Hopkins University Press Essential Readings in Medicine and Religion
Book SynopsisThis book is a useful introduction for all students of history, divinity, medicine, and health.Trade ReviewI would highly recommend this book to anyone who is interested in the relationship between faith and medicine as it stretches across human existence.—John F. Pohl, MD, University of Utah, Perspectives on Science and Christian FaithTable of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments1. The Ancient Near EastIntroduction Texts 2. GreeceIntroduction Texts 3. RomeIntroduction Texts 4. Early ChristianityIntroductionTexts 5. The Middle AgesIntroduction Texts 6. Islam, by M.A. Mujeeb KhanIntroduction Texts 7. The Early Modern PeriodIntroduction Texts 8. The Nineteenth through the Twenty-First CenturiesIntroduction TextSelect Bibliography Index
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Simon & Schuster The Human Instinct
Book SynopsisSynopsis coming soon.......Trade Review“Highly recommended.” * Forbes *“Absorbing, lucid, and engaging. An eloquent and deeply grounded case that it was evolution that gave us our humanity.” * Ursula Goodenough, professor of biology at Washington University in St. Louis *“Fascinating.... [The Human Instinct] confronts both lay and professional misconceptions about evolution from both scientific and philosophical perspectives.” * Publishers Weekly (starred review) *“Miller wants to show that the contemporary consensus around natural selection leaves room for things that have long given meaning to human life.” * The Washington Post *“Insightful.... [Miller’s] universe is a kaleidoscope of dazzling evolutionary possibilities.” * Kirkus Reviews (starred review) *“Following in Darwin’s footsteps, Miller makes the slam-dunk case for why, in light of our origins, humans are still special.” * Edward J. Larson, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Evolution *“Here is a clear-eyed look at the use and sometime misuse of evolutionary theory.” * Kevin Padian, professor of biology at the University of California, Berkeley *“Readers seeking a modification of doctrinaire Darwinism will find a thoughtful, scientifically sound, evolution-based exponent in Miller.” * Booklist *
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Tyndale House Publishers Chasing Proof Finding Faith
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Tyndale House Publishers Let Creation Speak
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Createspace Independent Publishing Platform Bible Prophecies Fulfilled - 2014
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1517 Media The Artifice of Intelligence: Divine and Human
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Createspace Independent Publishing Platform The Choice: Islam and Christianity, The Bible,
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Christian Focus Publications Ltd Has Science Made God Unnecessary?
Book SynopsisThere is a widespread assumption that there is no space for God in science, and no space for science in Christianity. This book addresses the question of whether the search for answers excludes belief in a Deity. Ransom Poythress’ logical and well–reasoned look at the common arguments will be a fascinating read for any with a genuine interest in pursuing truth. Contents include: Introduction: Understanding the Question The Conflict Thesis God of the Gaps Arguments Behind the Curtain of Science, Part I: Objectivity and Truth Behind the Curtain of Science, Part II: Materialist Assumptions Behind the Curtain of Science, Part III: Materialist Limitations Behind the Curtain of Science, Part IV: What’s Actually Necessary for Science Behind the Curtain of Science, Part V: Scientific Laws Behind the Curtain of Science, Part VI: Supernatural Assumptions and a Christian Philosophical Foundation for Science Miracles Evidence: What Does It Look Like? Big Bang and Fine–Tuning Origin of Life Evolution: The Big Picture Evolution: Darwin’s Defenders Conclusion Appendix: Additional Resources Each chapter includes a summary of the main points covered. The Big Ten: Critical Questions Answered is a Christian apologetics series which addresses ten commonly asked questions about God, the Bible, and Christianity. Each book, while easy to read, is challenging and thought–provoking, dealing with subjects ranging from hell to science. A good read whatever your present opinions. Trade ReviewThrough the use of simple yet powerful analogies, an easygoing pace, and excellent references for those who want to dig deeper, Poythress reaches any interested reader with an answer that affirms Christianity while respecting and encouraging the proper roles of science. This is a great book for any youth group, college class, or seeker to think through. -- John A. Bloom (Professor of Physics & Director of the MA, Science and Religion program, Biola University, La Mirada, California and author of The Natural Sciences: A Student’s Guide)Ransom Poythress is both an accomplished biologist and a knowledgeable biblical scholar. His commitment is to both the craft of science and the awareness of the reasons people throw up objections to its compatibility with Christian faith. He writes in a sympathetic, non–combative manner which ought to disarm all but the most obdurate sceptic. A must read by anyone concerned with the so–called science–vs–religion controversy. -- William Edgar (Professor of Apologetics, Westminster Theological Seminary, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
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Hampton Roads Publishing Co How Quantum Activism Can Save Civilization: A Few
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Jewish Lights Publishing Renewing the Process of Creation: A Jewish
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PELICAN PUBLISHING CO. Beast in Sheeps Clothing The
Book SynopsisThis well-researched book expands on the age-old conflict between human science and revealed religion. Both the novice and the scholar will be fascinated with the material here, which links the infamous heroes of human science to the dark side of realitythat is, Satan. The three main topics covered are godless philosophy, Darwinian evolution, and atheistic psychology.
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Anselm Academic Christian Brothers Pub. Science and Religion: Beyond Warfare and Toward
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Prometheus Books God and the Multiverse: Humanity's Expanding View
Book SynopsisCosmologists have reasons to believe that the vast universe in which we live is just one of an endless number of other universes within a multiverse-a mind-boggling array that may extend indefinitely in space and endlessly in both the past and the future. Victor Stenger reviews the key developments in the history of science that led to the current consensus view of astrophysicists, taking pains to explain essential concepts and discoveries in accessible terminology. The author shows that science's emerging understanding of the multiverse-consisting of trillions upon trillions of galaxies-is fully explicable in naturalistic terms with no need for supernatural forces to explain its origin or ongoing existence. How can conceptions of God, traditional or otherwise, be squared with this new worldview? The author shows how long-held beliefs will need to undergo major revision or otherwise face eventual extinction.
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Skyhorse Publishing Life After Death
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Skyhorse Publishing The End of Life as We Know It
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Sophia Institute Press Forty Anti-Catholic Lies: A Mythbusting Apologist
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Orbis Books (USA) Hidden Heart of the Cosmos: Humanity and the New
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Prometheus Books God's Brain
Book SynopsisTaking a perspective rooted in evolutionary biology with a focus on brain science, two distinguished authors radically alter the fractious debate on the existence of God and the nature of religion. Two distinguished authors, renowned anthropologist Lionel Tiger and pioneering neuroscientist Michael McGuire, elucidate the perennial questions about religion: What is its purpose? How did it arise? What is its source? Why does every known culture have some form of it? Their answer is deceptively simple, yet at the same time highly complex: The brain creates religion and its varied concepts of God, and then in turn feeds on its creation to satisfy innate neurological and associated social needs. Brain science reveals that humans and other primates alike are afflicted by unavoidable sources of stress that the authors describe as "brainpain." To cope with this affliction people seek to "brainsoothe." We humans use religion and its social structures to induce brainsoothing as a relief for innate anxiety. How we do this is the subject of this groundbreaking book. In a concise, lively, accessible, and witty style, the authors combine zoom-lens vignettes of religious practices with discussions of the latest research on religion's neurological effects on the brain. Among other topics, they consider religion's role in providing positive socialization, its seeming obsession with regulating sex, the common biological scaffolding between nonhuman primates and humans and how this affects religion, and evidence that the palliative effects of religion on brain chemistry are not matched by nonreligious remedies. In a new preface to the paperback edition, Lionel Tiger discusses the paradoxical effects of religion-on the one hand, producing masterpieces of art and architecture and, on the other, fueling violence throughout history and into the present. This fascinating book provides key insights into the complexities of our brain and the role of religion, perhaps its most remarkable creation.
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Red Wheel/Weiser The Miracle of Our Universe: A New View of
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Our Sunday Visitor Science, Reason, and Faith: Discovering the Bible
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