Science and religion : are they compatible? - Kurtz, Paul, 1925-2012; Karr, Barry; Sandhu, Ranjit (Amherst, New York : Prometheus Books, 2003)
Introductory. An overview of the issues. / Paul Kurtz. Are science and religion conflicting or complementary? : some thoughts about boundaries / Kendrick Frazier. I. Cosmology and God. A designer universe? / Steven Weinberg. Anthropic design : does the cosmos show evidence of purpose? / Victor J. Stenger. From the anthropic principle to the supernatural / David A. Shotwell. "God's goof," and the universe that knew we were coming / Owen Gingerich. Big-bang cosmology and atheism : why the big bang is no help to theists / Quentin Smith. Holy wars : an astrophysicist ponders the God question / Neil deGrasse Tyson. II. Intelligent design : creationism versus science. Creationism versus evolution / Kendrick Frazier. Skepticism's prospects for unseating intelligent design / William A. Dembski. Design yes, intelligent no : a critique of intelligent-design theory and neocreationism / Massimo Pigliucci. The 'science and religion movement' : an opportunity for improved public understanding of science? / Eugenie C. Scott. A world designed by God : science and creationism in contemporary Islam / Taner Edis. III. Religion and science in conflict. Science and religion in historical perspective / Vern L. Bullough. The Galileo affair / Timothy Moy. Uniting the world-- or dividing it : which outlook is truly universal, which parochial in the extreme? / Sir Hermann Bondi. Why getting it right matters : how science prevails / Daniel C. Dennett. The dangerous quest for cooperation between science and religion / Jacob Pandian. Science versus religion : a conversation with my students / Barry A. Palevitz. Credo / Arthur C. Clarke. IV. Science and ethics : two magisteria. Nonoverlapping magisteria / Stephen Jay Gould. You can't have it both ways : irreconcilable differences? / Richard Dawkins. Where the two worlds tangle : there is a conflict in metaphysics-- but not in ethics / Richard Feynman. V. The scientific investigation of paranatural claims. Examining claims of the "paranatural" : life after death / Paul Kurtz. After-death communication studies / Richard Wiseman and Cirán O'Keefe. Near-death experiences / Antony Flew. Does the soul exist : from the mythological soul to the conscious brain / Jerome W. Elbert. Efficacy of prayer / Irwin Tessman and Jack Tessman. Science versus shroud science / Joe Nickell. VI. Scientific explanations of religion. Why do people believe or disbelieve? / Paul Kurtz. Supernatural power and cultural evolution / Anthony Layng. The biological roots of religion / Morton Hunt. Whence religious belief? / Steven Pinker. Searching for God in the machine / David C. Noelle. VII. Accommodating science and religion. Science and the unknowable / Martin Gardner. A way of life for agnostics / James Lovelock. Celebrating creation / Chet Raymo. Science and religion in an impersonal universe / Matt Young. Afterthoughts / Paul Kurtz.
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Keywords: RELIGION Y CIENCIA