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This book explores the modern relationship between religion and science, highlighting the public backlash over teaching evolution in U.S. public schools as an example of the conflict between religious faith and scientific reason.
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This book explores the modern relationship between religion and science, highlighting the public backlash over teaching evolution in U.S. public schools as an example of the conflict between religious faith and scientific reason.
Produktdetails
- Produktdetails
- Verlag: McFarland and Company, Inc.
- Seitenzahl: 220
- Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2007
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
- Gewicht: 365g
- ISBN-13: 9780786431731
- ISBN-10: 0786431733
- Artikelnr.: 23016614
- Verlag: McFarland and Company, Inc.
- Seitenzahl: 220
- Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2007
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
- Gewicht: 365g
- ISBN-13: 9780786431731
- ISBN-10: 0786431733
- Artikelnr.: 23016614
Thomas J. Schoenbaum is research professor at George Washington University Law School in Washington, D.C. He is the author of many books and articles on legal and international topics.
Table of Contents
Preface
1. The Controversy Between Science and Religion
2. Creationism and the Constitution
The Cultural Wars of Religion
The Scopes Case
Evolution Eclipsed
Science Makes a Comeback
Equal Time for Creation Science
Enter Intelligent Design
A Fundamental Flaw
3. The World of Science
Categories of Reality
The Scientific Method
Classical Physics
Energy and Force
1. HEAT
2. ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM
3. LIGHT
4. SCIENTIFIC MATERIALISM
A New Frame of Reference: Relativity
1. SPECIAL RELATIVITY
2. GENERAL RELATIVITY
Another Frame of Reference: The Very Small
1. ATOMS AND MOLECULES
2. CHEMISTRY COMES OF AGE
3. ATOMIC PHYSICS
The Quantum Revolution
1. QUANTUM MECHANICS
2. QUANTUM ELECTRODYNAMICS
3. QUANTUM CHROMODYNAMICS
Astronomy
1. STARS
2. GALAXIES
3. COSMOLOGY
Theories of the Earth
The Life Sciences
1. THE BIRTH OF BIOLOGY
2. DARWINISM
3. THE DESCENT OF MAN
Scientific Truth: An Evaluation
4. The World of Religion
What Is Religion?
Religious Knowledge
Homo Religiosus
Mythic Discourse
Ritual, Community and Culture
Sacred Places
Science and Religion: Independence or Conflict?
How Science Influences Religion: Four Paradigms
1. DANTE'S MEDIEVAL SYNTHESIS
2. DEISM
3. DESIGN AND THE WORLD SOUL
4. THE TRIUMPH OF RANDOMNESS AND CHANCE
Lessons from Science about Religion
Mysterium Tremendum: Our A Priori Knowledge of the Holy
The Necessity to Choose
1. NIETZSCHE
2. KIERKEGAARD
Religion and Faith: Is There a Di¿erence?
Mystical Experiences
The Quest for God: The Content of Religious Belief
1. HINDUISM
2. JUDAISM
3. ZOROASTRIANISM
4. JAINISM
5. BUDDHISM
6. RELIGIONS OF CHINA
7. RELIGIONS OF JAPAN
8. CHRISTIANITY
9. ISLAM
10. SIKHISM
Some Problems of Religious Pluralism
Religious Freedom
1. FREE EXERCISE OF RELIGION
2. ESTABLISHMENT OF RELIGION
Summing Up: Final Thoughts about Religious Knowledge
5. The World of Philosophy
The Importance of Philosophy
The Limits of Knowledge
Intelligent Design: Rational Arguments for the Existence of God
1. COSMOLOGICAL PROOFS
2. TELEOLOGICAL PROOFS
3. THE ONTOLOGICAL ARGUMENT
A New Idea of God
Expressing the Transcendent
1. MYTH
2. ANALOGY
3. SYMBOLISM
4. HERMENEUTICS
The Genesis Creation Story
The Mystery of Existence
Ethics: How We Should Live
Ethics and Religion
Systems of Ethics
A Better Alternative: Virtue Ethics
Practical Reason and Objective Goods
Existentialism
Summing Up
6. Faith and Reason
Setting the Stage
Pope Benedict XVI and Islam
Critical Evaluation of Religion
Religion and Values
Theories of Right Action
Religion and Violence
Suppression of Minorities
The Status of Women
Religion and Law
The Concept of Law
Three Conceptions of Law
Which Is Best?
The Function of Law
The Constraint of Natural Law
Enter Positivism
A New Concept of Natural Law
Summing Up
Concluding Remarks
Bibliography
Index
Preface
1. The Controversy Between Science and Religion
2. Creationism and the Constitution
The Cultural Wars of Religion
The Scopes Case
Evolution Eclipsed
Science Makes a Comeback
Equal Time for Creation Science
Enter Intelligent Design
A Fundamental Flaw
3. The World of Science
Categories of Reality
The Scientific Method
Classical Physics
Energy and Force
1. HEAT
2. ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM
3. LIGHT
4. SCIENTIFIC MATERIALISM
A New Frame of Reference: Relativity
1. SPECIAL RELATIVITY
2. GENERAL RELATIVITY
Another Frame of Reference: The Very Small
1. ATOMS AND MOLECULES
2. CHEMISTRY COMES OF AGE
3. ATOMIC PHYSICS
The Quantum Revolution
1. QUANTUM MECHANICS
2. QUANTUM ELECTRODYNAMICS
3. QUANTUM CHROMODYNAMICS
Astronomy
1. STARS
2. GALAXIES
3. COSMOLOGY
Theories of the Earth
The Life Sciences
1. THE BIRTH OF BIOLOGY
2. DARWINISM
3. THE DESCENT OF MAN
Scientific Truth: An Evaluation
4. The World of Religion
What Is Religion?
Religious Knowledge
Homo Religiosus
Mythic Discourse
Ritual, Community and Culture
Sacred Places
Science and Religion: Independence or Conflict?
How Science Influences Religion: Four Paradigms
1. DANTE'S MEDIEVAL SYNTHESIS
2. DEISM
3. DESIGN AND THE WORLD SOUL
4. THE TRIUMPH OF RANDOMNESS AND CHANCE
Lessons from Science about Religion
Mysterium Tremendum: Our A Priori Knowledge of the Holy
The Necessity to Choose
1. NIETZSCHE
2. KIERKEGAARD
Religion and Faith: Is There a Di¿erence?
Mystical Experiences
The Quest for God: The Content of Religious Belief
1. HINDUISM
2. JUDAISM
3. ZOROASTRIANISM
4. JAINISM
5. BUDDHISM
6. RELIGIONS OF CHINA
7. RELIGIONS OF JAPAN
8. CHRISTIANITY
9. ISLAM
10. SIKHISM
Some Problems of Religious Pluralism
Religious Freedom
1. FREE EXERCISE OF RELIGION
2. ESTABLISHMENT OF RELIGION
Summing Up: Final Thoughts about Religious Knowledge
5. The World of Philosophy
The Importance of Philosophy
The Limits of Knowledge
Intelligent Design: Rational Arguments for the Existence of God
1. COSMOLOGICAL PROOFS
2. TELEOLOGICAL PROOFS
3. THE ONTOLOGICAL ARGUMENT
A New Idea of God
Expressing the Transcendent
1. MYTH
2. ANALOGY
3. SYMBOLISM
4. HERMENEUTICS
The Genesis Creation Story
The Mystery of Existence
Ethics: How We Should Live
Ethics and Religion
Systems of Ethics
A Better Alternative: Virtue Ethics
Practical Reason and Objective Goods
Existentialism
Summing Up
6. Faith and Reason
Setting the Stage
Pope Benedict XVI and Islam
Critical Evaluation of Religion
Religion and Values
Theories of Right Action
Religion and Violence
Suppression of Minorities
The Status of Women
Religion and Law
The Concept of Law
Three Conceptions of Law
Which Is Best?
The Function of Law
The Constraint of Natural Law
Enter Positivism
A New Concept of Natural Law
Summing Up
Concluding Remarks
Bibliography
Index
Table of Contents
Preface
1. The Controversy Between Science and Religion
2. Creationism and the Constitution
The Cultural Wars of Religion
The Scopes Case
Evolution Eclipsed
Science Makes a Comeback
Equal Time for Creation Science
Enter Intelligent Design
A Fundamental Flaw
3. The World of Science
Categories of Reality
The Scientific Method
Classical Physics
Energy and Force
1. HEAT
2. ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM
3. LIGHT
4. SCIENTIFIC MATERIALISM
A New Frame of Reference: Relativity
1. SPECIAL RELATIVITY
2. GENERAL RELATIVITY
Another Frame of Reference: The Very Small
1. ATOMS AND MOLECULES
2. CHEMISTRY COMES OF AGE
3. ATOMIC PHYSICS
The Quantum Revolution
1. QUANTUM MECHANICS
2. QUANTUM ELECTRODYNAMICS
3. QUANTUM CHROMODYNAMICS
Astronomy
1. STARS
2. GALAXIES
3. COSMOLOGY
Theories of the Earth
The Life Sciences
1. THE BIRTH OF BIOLOGY
2. DARWINISM
3. THE DESCENT OF MAN
Scientific Truth: An Evaluation
4. The World of Religion
What Is Religion?
Religious Knowledge
Homo Religiosus
Mythic Discourse
Ritual, Community and Culture
Sacred Places
Science and Religion: Independence or Conflict?
How Science Influences Religion: Four Paradigms
1. DANTE'S MEDIEVAL SYNTHESIS
2. DEISM
3. DESIGN AND THE WORLD SOUL
4. THE TRIUMPH OF RANDOMNESS AND CHANCE
Lessons from Science about Religion
Mysterium Tremendum: Our A Priori Knowledge of the Holy
The Necessity to Choose
1. NIETZSCHE
2. KIERKEGAARD
Religion and Faith: Is There a Di¿erence?
Mystical Experiences
The Quest for God: The Content of Religious Belief
1. HINDUISM
2. JUDAISM
3. ZOROASTRIANISM
4. JAINISM
5. BUDDHISM
6. RELIGIONS OF CHINA
7. RELIGIONS OF JAPAN
8. CHRISTIANITY
9. ISLAM
10. SIKHISM
Some Problems of Religious Pluralism
Religious Freedom
1. FREE EXERCISE OF RELIGION
2. ESTABLISHMENT OF RELIGION
Summing Up: Final Thoughts about Religious Knowledge
5. The World of Philosophy
The Importance of Philosophy
The Limits of Knowledge
Intelligent Design: Rational Arguments for the Existence of God
1. COSMOLOGICAL PROOFS
2. TELEOLOGICAL PROOFS
3. THE ONTOLOGICAL ARGUMENT
A New Idea of God
Expressing the Transcendent
1. MYTH
2. ANALOGY
3. SYMBOLISM
4. HERMENEUTICS
The Genesis Creation Story
The Mystery of Existence
Ethics: How We Should Live
Ethics and Religion
Systems of Ethics
A Better Alternative: Virtue Ethics
Practical Reason and Objective Goods
Existentialism
Summing Up
6. Faith and Reason
Setting the Stage
Pope Benedict XVI and Islam
Critical Evaluation of Religion
Religion and Values
Theories of Right Action
Religion and Violence
Suppression of Minorities
The Status of Women
Religion and Law
The Concept of Law
Three Conceptions of Law
Which Is Best?
The Function of Law
The Constraint of Natural Law
Enter Positivism
A New Concept of Natural Law
Summing Up
Concluding Remarks
Bibliography
Index
Preface
1. The Controversy Between Science and Religion
2. Creationism and the Constitution
The Cultural Wars of Religion
The Scopes Case
Evolution Eclipsed
Science Makes a Comeback
Equal Time for Creation Science
Enter Intelligent Design
A Fundamental Flaw
3. The World of Science
Categories of Reality
The Scientific Method
Classical Physics
Energy and Force
1. HEAT
2. ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM
3. LIGHT
4. SCIENTIFIC MATERIALISM
A New Frame of Reference: Relativity
1. SPECIAL RELATIVITY
2. GENERAL RELATIVITY
Another Frame of Reference: The Very Small
1. ATOMS AND MOLECULES
2. CHEMISTRY COMES OF AGE
3. ATOMIC PHYSICS
The Quantum Revolution
1. QUANTUM MECHANICS
2. QUANTUM ELECTRODYNAMICS
3. QUANTUM CHROMODYNAMICS
Astronomy
1. STARS
2. GALAXIES
3. COSMOLOGY
Theories of the Earth
The Life Sciences
1. THE BIRTH OF BIOLOGY
2. DARWINISM
3. THE DESCENT OF MAN
Scientific Truth: An Evaluation
4. The World of Religion
What Is Religion?
Religious Knowledge
Homo Religiosus
Mythic Discourse
Ritual, Community and Culture
Sacred Places
Science and Religion: Independence or Conflict?
How Science Influences Religion: Four Paradigms
1. DANTE'S MEDIEVAL SYNTHESIS
2. DEISM
3. DESIGN AND THE WORLD SOUL
4. THE TRIUMPH OF RANDOMNESS AND CHANCE
Lessons from Science about Religion
Mysterium Tremendum: Our A Priori Knowledge of the Holy
The Necessity to Choose
1. NIETZSCHE
2. KIERKEGAARD
Religion and Faith: Is There a Di¿erence?
Mystical Experiences
The Quest for God: The Content of Religious Belief
1. HINDUISM
2. JUDAISM
3. ZOROASTRIANISM
4. JAINISM
5. BUDDHISM
6. RELIGIONS OF CHINA
7. RELIGIONS OF JAPAN
8. CHRISTIANITY
9. ISLAM
10. SIKHISM
Some Problems of Religious Pluralism
Religious Freedom
1. FREE EXERCISE OF RELIGION
2. ESTABLISHMENT OF RELIGION
Summing Up: Final Thoughts about Religious Knowledge
5. The World of Philosophy
The Importance of Philosophy
The Limits of Knowledge
Intelligent Design: Rational Arguments for the Existence of God
1. COSMOLOGICAL PROOFS
2. TELEOLOGICAL PROOFS
3. THE ONTOLOGICAL ARGUMENT
A New Idea of God
Expressing the Transcendent
1. MYTH
2. ANALOGY
3. SYMBOLISM
4. HERMENEUTICS
The Genesis Creation Story
The Mystery of Existence
Ethics: How We Should Live
Ethics and Religion
Systems of Ethics
A Better Alternative: Virtue Ethics
Practical Reason and Objective Goods
Existentialism
Summing Up
6. Faith and Reason
Setting the Stage
Pope Benedict XVI and Islam
Critical Evaluation of Religion
Religion and Values
Theories of Right Action
Religion and Violence
Suppression of Minorities
The Status of Women
Religion and Law
The Concept of Law
Three Conceptions of Law
Which Is Best?
The Function of Law
The Constraint of Natural Law
Enter Positivism
A New Concept of Natural Law
Summing Up
Concluding Remarks
Bibliography
Index