02872cam a22003614a 4500 231946878 AUA.1 20180315121025.0 080529s2008 nyua b 001 0 eng 2008023565 9780199295517 0199295514 (OCoLC)231946878 (OCoLC)179802968 DLC eng DLC BAKER C#P YDXCP BWK BWX CDX VP@ LMR DEBBG OCL ALAUL OCLCQ UKM BTCTA EYM STF EXN EXNs BL240.3 .D57 2008 201/.65 22 Dixon, Thomas (Thomas M.) Science and religion : a very short introduction / Thomas Dixon. New York : Oxford University Press, c2008. 150 p. : ill. ; 18 cm. Very short introductions ; 189. DT11. Includes bibliographical references (p. 134-144) and index. What are science-religion debates really about? -- Galileo and the philosophy of science -- Does God act in nature? -- Darwin and evolution -- Creationism and intelligent design -- Mind and morality. "The debate between science and religion is never out of the news: emotions run high, fuelled by polemical bestsellers like The God Delusion and, at the other end of the spectrum, high-profile campaigns to teach 'Intelligent Design' in schools. Yet there is much more to the debate than the clash of these extremes. As Thomas Dixon shows in this balanced and thought-provoking introduction, many have seen harmony rather than conflict between faith and science. He explores not only the key philosophical questions that underlie the debate, but also the social, political, and ethical contexts that have made 'science and religion' such a fraught and interesting topic in the modern world, offering perspectives from non-Christian religions and examples from across the physical, biological, and social sciences. Along the way, he examines landmark historical episodes such as the trial of Galileo by the Inquisition in 1633, and the famous debate between 'Darwin's bulldog' Thomas Huxley and Bishop Wilberforce in Oxford in 1860. The Scopes 'Monkey Trial' in Tennessee in 1925 and the Dover Area School Board case of 2005 are explained with reference to the interaction between religion, law, and education in modern America."--Publisher's description. Religion and science. Very short introductions. International Society for Science & Religion. 19872 Table of contents only http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0820/2008023565.html Table of contents http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&doc_number=016703002&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA lcc BOOK BL 240.3 .D57 2008 19698 19698 0 0 lcc 0 0 Books AUA.1 AUA.1 GS 2018-03-15 Donation, Theological Book Network 10.00 AUA22709 BL 240.3 .D57 2008 AUA22709 2018-03-15 00:00:00 10.00 2018-03-15 BOOK