Religion and the Natural Sciences: The Range of EngagementAppropriate for students at several levels of sophistication, this text takes an interdisciplinary approach to exploring science and religion. It may be used effectively with students who have no prior course work in philosophy and religious studies as well as by more advanced students. Networking sections integrate concepts and compare views on common issues. Emphasis is placed on contemporary material in the sciences, yet analysis is presented from both the traditional and contemporary perspectives in philosophy and religion. Parts are arranged according to specific natural sciences - physics, biology, and ecology - to assist readers in orienting themselves according to their interests. |
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Page 38
... whole comes in , the system - building tendency , with its aesthetic criteria of elegance and order , is an essential part of every science , continually shaping the scrappy data into usable patterns . Scientific hypotheses are not ...
... whole comes in , the system - building tendency , with its aesthetic criteria of elegance and order , is an essential part of every science , continually shaping the scrappy data into usable patterns . Scientific hypotheses are not ...
Page 57
... whole . That such fears are groundless may be seen from the fact that our theology has □ nothing against the ideals of accuracy , precision and efficiency , as upheld by the natural sciences , as long as the latter do not attempt ...
... whole . That such fears are groundless may be seen from the fact that our theology has □ nothing against the ideals of accuracy , precision and efficiency , as upheld by the natural sciences , as long as the latter do not attempt ...
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... whole system is what it is . All the things and events are so completely interlocked that no one of them can claim the slightest independence from " the whole show . " None of them exists " on its own " or " goes on of its own accord ...
... whole system is what it is . All the things and events are so completely interlocked that no one of them can claim the slightest independence from " the whole show . " None of them exists " on its own " or " goes on of its own accord ...
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SURVEYING THE POSSIBILITIES | 6 |
Mary Midgley Mixed Antitheses | 35 |
Hans Küng On the Relationship of Theology to Science | 57 |
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