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BL
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769218
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b589206
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| Main Entry
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Stephen Jay Gould.
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Rocks of ages : : science and religion in the fullness of life\ Stephen Jay Gould.
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| Publication Statement
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New York : Ballantine Pub. Group, 1999
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| Series Statement
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Library of contemporary thought.
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(146 pages) : illustrations.
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| ISBN
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0307801411
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: 9780307801418
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| Contents
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Problem stated: Preamble --; Tale of two Thomases --; Fate of two fathers --; Problem resolved in principle: NOMA defined and defended --; NOMA illustrated --; Coda and segue --; Historical reasons for conflict: Contingent basis for intensity --; Columbus and the flat Earth: example of the fallacy of warfare between science and religion --; Defending NOMA from both sides now: struggle against modern creationism --; Psychological reasons for conflict: Can nature nurture our hopes? --; Nature's cold bath and Darwin's defense of NOMA --; Two false paths of irenics.
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Writing with bracing intelligence and elegant clarity, Fould sheds new light on a delimma that has plagued thinking people since the Renaissance. Instead of choosing between science and religion, Gould asks, why not opt for a golden mean that accords dignity and distinction to each realm?
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| Subject
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RELIGION -- Comparative Religion.
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Religion and science.
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| LC Classification
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BL240.2S747 1999
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Stephen Jay Gould
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