Part 1 Part One: Science and Religion Chapter 2 The Problem Chapter 3 Is Human Reason Able to Explain the World? Chapter 4 What Is Science? Chapter 5 The Origin of Scientific Attempts to Explain the World Chapter 6 The God of Ancient Philosophers Part 7 Part Two: Reconciling Science and Religion Chapter 8 General Considerations Concerning the Reconciliation of Science and Religion Chapter 9 Plato Chapter 10 Philo of Alexandria Chapter 11 Reconciling Science and Religion in Medieval Islam Chapter 12 Reconciling Science and Religion in Medieval Judaism Chapter 13 Reconciling Science and Religion in the Christian Middle Ages Chapter 14 Reconciling Science and Religion from the Renaissance through the Enlightenment Chapter 15 Science and Religion in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Chapter 16 Science and Religion at the End of the Twentieth Century Chapter 17 Conclusion
James A. Arieti is Graves H. Thompson Professor of Classics at Hampden-Sydney College. Patrick A. Wilson is associate professor of philosophy at Hampden-Sydney College.
This is a clear and thoughtful discussion on the science/religion
relationship. It is historically sensitive, yet fully up to date.
It is balanced, yet does not hesitate to wade into major
controversies. I recommend the book strongly.
*Michael Ruse, Lucyle T. Werkmeister Professor of Philosophy,
Florida State University*
This is a scholarly book, sufficiently researched and highly
readable. With the use of so many historical references, the book
allows the reader enough detachment to tackle the big theological
questions with a level of objectivity. It would be an ideal
textbook for a survey course on the relationship between science
and faith.
*Research News and Opportunities In Science and Technology*
[This book] is particularly welcome because its authors tackle
issues of science and religion from two unusual but informative
disciplinary perspectives.
*Religious Studies*
I have found no better single volume on science and religion than
The Scientific and the Divine. Arieti and Wilson have brilliantly
and succinctly distilled the wisdom of the ages into a highly
readable text that should be adopted by professors teaching courses
on this most compelling and important subject.
*Michael Shermer, publisher of Skeptic magazine and author of Why
People Believe Weird Things*
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