Biology, Religion, and Philosophy - An Introduction

List of contents

Introduction; Part I. General Issues: 1. Science, Biology, and Religion; 2. The Origin and Nature of Life; 3. The Question of Design in Living Systems; 4. Biology and the Problem of Natural Evil; 5. Progress, Purpose, and Providence; Part II. Religion and Human Biology: 6. Human Nature and Human Uniqueness; 7. Love and Altruism in Biology and Religion; 8. Biology, Ethics, and Debunking Arguments; 9. Biological Accounts of Religion; 10. Humanity, Religion, and the Environment.

About the author

Michael L. Peterson is Professor of Philosophy at Asbury Theological Seminary. He is author of numerous books, including C. S. Lewis and the Christian Worldview (2020), Reason and Religious Belief (with William Hasker, Bruce Reichenbach and David Basinger, 2012). He is co-author, with Michael Ruse, of Science, Evolution and Religion: A Debate about Atheism and Theism (2016).Dennis R. Venema is Professor of Biology at Trinity Western University, where he specializes in molecular biology and genetics. He is co-author, with Scott McKnight, of Adam and the Genome: Reading Scripture after Genetic Science (2017).

Summary

This book explains the engagement between biology and religion on issues related to origins, evolution, evil, purpose, love, humanity, morality, ecology, and the nature of religion itself. It will serve as the perfect introduction for upper-level undergraduates, graduate students, scholars, and interested general readers.

Product details

• Authors: Michael Peterson, Michael Venema Peterson, Peterson Michael, Dennis Venema
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2021
• EAN: 9781107031487
• ISBN: 978-1-107-03148-7
• No. of pages: 285
• Series: Cambridge Introductions to Philosophy and Biology
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; RELIGION / General, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Philosophy, SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects, Religion: general, Ethics & moral philosophy, Popular philosophy, Bioethics, Ethics and moral philosophy, Bio-ethics