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Zusatztext the editors have been very skillful ... I hope I have said enough to indicate the richness, reach and seriousness of this weighty contribution. Klappentext The field of `science and religion' is exploding in popularity among both academics and the reading public. This is a comprehensive and authoritative introduction to the debate, written by the leading experts yet accessible to the general reader. Zusammenfassung The field of 'religion and science' is exploding in popularity among academics as well as the general reading public. Spawning an increasing number of conferences and courses, this field has shown an unprecedented rate of growth in recent years. Here for the first time is a single-volume introduction to the debate, written by the leading experts. Making no pretence to encyclopaedic neutrality, each chapter defends a major intellectual position - at the heart of the book is a series of 'pro' and 'con' papers, covering each of the current 'hot topics' (such as evolution versus creation, naturalism versus the supernatural). In addition to treatments of questions of methodology and implications for life and practice, the Handbook includes sections devoted to the major scientific disciplines, the major world religions, and the main sub-disciplines in this exciting and ever-expanding field of study. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Philip Clayton: Introduction I.Religion and Science across the World's Traditions 2: Sangeetha Menon: Hinduism and Science 3: B. Alan Wallace: Buddhism and Science 4: Norbert M. Samuelson: Judaism and Science 5: John Polkinghorne: Christianity and Science 6: Seyyed Hossein Nasr: Islam and Science 7: John Grim: Indigenous Lifeways and Knowing the World 8: Willem Drees: Religious Naturalism and Science 9: Peter Atkins: Atheism and Science II. Conceiving Religion in Light of the Contemporary Sciences 10: Bernard Carr: Cosmology and Religion 11: Kirk Wegter-McNelly: Fundamental Physics and Religion 12: Martinez Hewlett: Molecular Biology and Religion 13: Jeffrey P. Schloss: Evolutionary Theory and Religion 14: Susan Bratton: Ecology and Religion 15: Evan Thompson: The Neurosciences and Religion 16: Raymond F. Paloutzian: Psychology, the Human Sciences, and Religion 17: Richard Fenn: Sociology and Religion 18: Michael Lambek: Anthropology and Religion III. The Major Fields of Religion/Science 19: John Hedley Brooke: Contributions from the History of Science and Religion 20: Robert A. Segal: Contributions from Religious Studies 21: Robin Collins: Contributions from the Philosophy of Science 22: Joseph Bracken: Contributions from Philosophical Theology and Metaphysics 23: Wolfhart Pannenberg: Contributions from Systematic Theology 24: Ted Peters: Contributions from Practical Theology and Ethics 25: Pauline Rudd: Simplicity - Complexity - Simplicity: The Perspectives of Spirituality IV. Methodological Approaches to the Study of Religion and Science 26: Scott Atran: The Scientific Landscape of Religion: Evolution, Culture, and Cognition 27: Owen Flanagan: Varieties of Naturalism 28: David Ray Griffin: Interpreting Science from the Standpoint of Whitheadian Process Philosophy 29: Nancey Murphy: Anglo-American Postmodernity and the End of Theology-Science Dialogue? 30: F. LeRon Shults: Trinitarian Faith Seeking Transformative Understanding 31: Phillip H. Wiebe: Religious Experience, Cognitive Science, and the Future of Religion 32: Ken Wilber and Sean Esbjorn-Hargens: Toward a Comprehensive Integration of Science and Religion: A Post-Metaphysical Approach V. Central Theoretical Debates in Religion and Science `Science and Religion' or `Theology and Science'? 33: Michael Welker: Science and Theology: Their Relation at the Beginning of the Third Millennium 34: Philip Hefner: Religion-and-Science Science, Theolo...
