Religion and Science - Couverture souple

Barbour, Ian G.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0334027217 ISBN 13 : 9780334027218

Editeur : SCM Press, 1998

Synopsis

An expanded & revised version of Religion in an Age of Science. Three new chapters on physics & metaphysics in the 18th century and biology & theology in the 19th century. Other new sections included.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Religion and Science is a definitive contemporary discussion of the many issues surrounding our understanding of God and religious truth and experience in our understanding of God and religious truth and experience in our scientific age. This is a significantly expanded and feshly revised version of Religion in an Age of Science, winner of the American Academy of Religion Award for Excellence and the Templeton Book Award. Ian G. Barbour--the premier scholar in the field--has added three crucial historical chapters on physics and metaphysics in the seventeenth century, nature and God in the eighteenth century, and biology and theology in the nineteenth century. He has also added new sections on developments in nature-centered spirituality, information theory, and chaos and complexity theories.

Biographie de l'auteur

Ian G. Barbour has retired from Carleton College where he was professor of physics, professor of religion, and Bean Professor of Science, Technology, and Society. The "preeminent synthetic in the field" (Cross Currents,) he is the author of several influential books, including Ethics in an Age of Technology and Myths Models, and Paradigms, which was nominated for the National Book Award. He gave the world-renowned Gifford Lectures, 1989-1991.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: SCM Press
• Date d'édition: 1998
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0334027217
• ISBN 13: 9780334027218
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 388
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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