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" Understanding religion and science : "
Michael Horace Barnes.
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BL
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846005
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Barnes, Michael Horace.
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Understanding religion and science : : introducing the debate /\ Michael Horace Barnes.
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| Publication Statement
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London ;New York :: Continuum,, 2010.
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vi, 308 pages ;; 25 cm
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1441118160
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: 1441182004
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: 1796305804
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: 9781441118165
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: 9781441182005
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: 9781796305807
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40017963058
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 286-295) and index.
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| Contents
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Introduction -- Section 1: Methods in religion : relations between faith and reason -- Faith and reason in religion : some basics -- Modern theologies about faith -- Section 2: The method of science : how does it arrive at its conclusions? -- The method of science -- The limits of science -- Criticisms of science -- Section 3: God and atheism -- The reality and nature of God in western religion -- Science-based atheism and some religious responses -- Section 4: Miracles : does God intervene in natural processes? -- Belief in miracles today -- A brief history of Christian thought on miracles -- Skepticism and modern theologies about miracles -- Section 5: Cosmic evolution : how did we get here? -- Varieties of universes -- Cosmic order -- Religious interpretations of the cosmos -- Section 6: Biological evolution : how did we get here? -- Basic theories of evolution -- Evolution and Christianity -- The new creationism : intelligent design -- Human nature : who are we? -- The soul tradition -- Science on the mind -- The freedom of a material soul -- Epilogue: Religion and science : conflicting commitments.
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Religion and science.
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Naturwissenschaften.
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Religion and science.
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religion-- science.
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Religion.
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| Dewey Classification
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213
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BL240.3.B375 2010
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B913clc
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