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Nature, Science and Religion
Catherine M. . Ed(S): Tucker
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Description for Nature, Science and Religion
Paperback. Nature, science, religion. Each term carries with it claims to truth: nature inasmuch as it conveys our beliefs of how things naturally are and should be; science in and through its methods, evident results, and institutional prestige; and religion in its objects and the commitments they generate among devotees. Editor(s): Tucker, Catherine M. Series: School for Advanced Research Advanced Seminar Series. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: HRAM3; RNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
This book is about the complicated and provocative ways nature, science, and religion intersect in real settings where people attempt to live in harmony with the physical environment. Scholars of philosophy, religious studies, and science and technology have been at the forefront of critiquing the roles of religion and science in human interactions with the natural world. Meanwhile, researchers in the environmental sciences have encountered disciplinary barriers to examining the possibility that religious beliefs influence social–ecological behaviours and processes simply because the issue resists quantitative assessment. The contributors to this book explore how scientific knowledge and spiritual beliefs are engaged ... Read more
This book is about the complicated and provocative ways nature, science, and religion intersect in real settings where people attempt to live in harmony with the physical environment. Scholars of philosophy, religious studies, and science and technology have been at the forefront of critiquing the roles of religion and science in human interactions with the natural world. Meanwhile, researchers in the environmental sciences have encountered disciplinary barriers to examining the possibility that religious beliefs influence social–ecological behaviours and processes simply because the issue resists quantitative assessment. The contributors to this book explore how scientific knowledge and spiritual beliefs are engaged ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
SAR Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Series
School for Advanced Research Advanced Seminar Series
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
Santa Fe, United States
ISBN
9781934691526
SKU
V9781934691526
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