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Science and the World's Religions
Patrick McNamara Ph.D. (Ed.)
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Description for Science and the World's Religions
Hardcover. This trio of volumes contains essays that explore vital existential, moral, or metaphysical issues surrounding the relationship between the sciences and the world's religions. Editor(s): McNamara, Patrick, Ph.D.; Wildman, Wesley J. Series: Brain, Behavior, and Evolution. Num Pages: 930 pages. BIC Classification: HRAM3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 76. Weight in Grams: 2087.
This trio of volumes contains essays that explore vital existential, moral, or metaphysical issues surrounding the relationship between the sciences and the world's religions. In Science and the World's Religions, experts with scientific and religious backgrounds explore vital existential or practical issues, drawing on whatever sciences are relevant and engaging at least two religious traditions. The multidisciplinary essays exhibit rigorous intellectual, scholarly thinking but are written to clearly communicate to educated adult lay readers. The first volume addresses questions about the origins and purpose of the cosmos and the human project. The second volume investigates the roles ... Read more
This trio of volumes contains essays that explore vital existential, moral, or metaphysical issues surrounding the relationship between the sciences and the world's religions. In Science and the World's Religions, experts with scientific and religious backgrounds explore vital existential or practical issues, drawing on whatever sciences are relevant and engaging at least two religious traditions. The multidisciplinary essays exhibit rigorous intellectual, scholarly thinking but are written to clearly communicate to educated adult lay readers. The first volume addresses questions about the origins and purpose of the cosmos and the human project. The second volume investigates the roles ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
ABC-CLIO United States
Number of pages
930
Condition
New
Series
Brain, Behavior, and Evolution
Number of Pages
930
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780313387326
SKU
V9780313387326
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About Patrick McNamara Ph.D. (Ed.)
Patrick McNamara, PhD, is associate professor of neurology and psychiatry at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and is director of the Evolutionary Neurobehavior Laboratory in the Department of Neurology at the BUSM and the VA New England Healthcare System. Wesley J. Wildman, PhD, is professor of philosophy, theology, and ethics at Boston University and convener of the Graduate ... Read more
Reviews for Science and the World's Religions
Fascinating and highly recommended for circulating collections; as the editors admit, this work is 'full of ideas that need to be digested slowly.'
Library Journal
The groundbreaking studies offered in these volumes consider various aspects of religion and science. . . . More recently, religionists and scientists of various persuasions have produced fascinating interdisciplinary research that has provoked ... Read more
Library Journal
The groundbreaking studies offered in these volumes consider various aspects of religion and science. . . . More recently, religionists and scientists of various persuasions have produced fascinating interdisciplinary research that has provoked ... Read more