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Book SynopsisExamines the perennial issues that keep science and religion at arm's length, clarifies those issues, and fits them into an historical frameworkâfrom Plato, to Aquinas, to today's thinkers.
Trade ReviewThis is a clear and thoughtful discussion on the science/religion relationship. It is historically sensitive, yet fully up to date. It is balanced, yet does not hesitate to wade into major controversies. I recommend the book strongly. -- Michael Ruse, Lucyle T. Werkmeister Professor of Philosophy, Florida State University
This is a scholarly book, sufficiently researched and highly readable. With the use of so many historical references, the book allows the reader enough detachment to tackle the big theological questions with a level of objectivity. It would be an ideal textbook for a survey course on the relationship between science and faith. * Research News and Opportunities In Science and Technology *
[This book] is particularly welcome because its authors tackle issues of science and religion from two unusual but informative disciplinary perspectives. * Religious Studies *
I have found no better single volume on science and religion than The Scientific and the Divine. Arieti and Wilson have brilliantly and succinctly distilled the wisdom of the ages into a highly readable text that should be adopted by professors teaching courses on this most compelling and important subject. -- Michael Shermer, publisher of Skeptic magazine and author of Why People Believe Weird Things
Table of ContentsPart 1 Part One: Science and Religion Chapter 2 The Problem Chapter 3 Is Human Reason Able to Explain the World? Chapter 4 What Is Science? Chapter 5 The Origin of Scientific Attempts to Explain the World Chapter 6 The God of Ancient Philosophers Part 7 Part Two: Reconciling Science and Religion Chapter 8 General Considerations Concerning the Reconciliation of Science and Religion Chapter 9 Plato Chapter 10 Philo of Alexandria Chapter 11 Reconciling Science and Religion in Medieval Islam Chapter 12 Reconciling Science and Religion in Medieval Judaism Chapter 13 Reconciling Science and Religion in the Christian Middle Ages Chapter 14 Reconciling Science and Religion from the Renaissance through the Enlightenment Chapter 15 Science and Religion in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Chapter 16 Science and Religion at the End of the Twentieth Century Chapter 17 Conclusion
