| Reconstructing Nature: The Engagement of Science and Religion Contributor(s): Brooke, John (Author), Cantor, Geoffrey (Author) |
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ISBN: 019513706X ISBN-13: 9780195137064 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $75.24 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2000 Annotation: This book, first published in the U.K. by T&T Clark, expands on the authors' prestigious Glasgow Gifford Lectures of 1995-6. Brooke and Cantor herein examine the many different ways in which the relationship between science and religion has been presented throughout history. They contend that, in fact, neither science nor religion is reducible to some timeless "essence"--and they deftly criticize the various master-narratives that have been put forward in support of such "essentialist" theses. Along the way, they repeatedly demolish the cliches so typical of popular histories of the science and religion debate, demonstrating the impossibility of reducing these debates to a single narrative, or of narrowing this relationship to a paradigm of conflict. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Philosophy - Science | Philosophy & Social Aspects - Religion | Reference |
| Dewey: 291.175 |
| LCCN: 99059053 |
| Series: Glasgow Gifford Lectures |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 5.92" W x 9.2" (1.33 lbs) 386 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian |
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| Publisher Description: This book, first published in the U.K. by T&T Clark, expands on the authors' prestigious Glasgow Gifford Lectures of 1995-6. Brooke and Cantor herein examine the many different ways in which the relationship between science and religion has been presented throughout history. They contend that, in fact, neither science nor religion is reducible to some timeless essence--and they deftly criticize the various master-narratives that have been put forward in support of such essentialist theses. Along the way, they repeatedly demolish the clichés so typical of popular histories of the science and religion debate, demonstrating the impossibility of reducing these debates to a single narrative, or of narrowing this relationship to a paradigm of conflict. |