Science and Religion
In Search of Cosmic Purpose
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Word Count
39,000 words, Guess
Page Count
156 pages
Physical Format
Paperback
Identifiers
- Internet Archivesciencereligioni0000unse_n2s5
- ISBN-100878408657
- ISBN-139780878408658
- Goodreads2090865
- LibraryThing7755297
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- Library of Congress Control Number99036843
- Better World Books9780878408658
- Open LibraryOL8116050M
Classifications
- LCCBL240.2 .S3245 2000
- DDC291.1/75
- LCCBL240.2 .H385 1995
Description
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.
First Sentence
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).
Excerpt
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).
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