Science and Religion

Has science made religion intellectually implausible? Does it rule out the existence of a personal God? In an age of science can we really believe that the universe has a "purpose"? And, finally, doesn't religion hold much of the blame for the present ecological crisis? These questions form the nucleus of today's debate between science and religion. This book is a guide for that debate, identifying the questions, isolating the issues and pointing to ways the questions can be resolved. There are four possible ways, says John F. Haught, that we can view the relationship between religion and science. First, they can stand in complete opposition - the conflict position. Or, we can believe they are so different that conflict is impossible - the contrast position. A third approach holds that while science and religion are distinct, each has important implications for the other. A fourth way views them as different but mutually supportive.

המשפט הראשון: According to the standard big bang theory, the universe was born at some moment (t = 0) about fifteen billion years ago, in a state of infinetely high temperature (T) and density (r) (cosmological singularity).

שנה

1995

שפה

English

הוצאה

Georgetown University Press

מהדורות

1

עמודים

156

ISBN

9780878408658

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