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The edge of reason? : science and religion in modern society / edited by Alex Bentley.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: London ; New York : Continuum, 2008.Description: 222 p. 20 cmISBN:
  • 9781847062178
  • 1847062172
  • 9781847062185
  • 1847062180
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 201/.65 22
LOC classification:
  • BL 240.3 .E34 2008
Online resources:
Contents:
Science and religion : negotiating the 21st century rapids / Denis R. Alexander -- Why new atheist definitions of religions fail / Mark Hulsether -- Aboriginal versus Western creationism / Robert Layton -- Science versus anthropology, not religion / Simon Coleman -- Atheism and liberty / Michael Shermer -- The evolution of warfare / Herbert D.G. Maschner and Katherine L. Reedy-Maschner -- Why we are good : mirror neurons and the roots of empathy / Gordy Slack -- The evolution of religion / Lewis Wolpert -- Is religion inevitable? an archaeologist's view from the past / Steven Mithen -- Artificials, or why Darwin was wrong about humans / Timothy Taylor -- Brain science and belief / Andrew Newberg -- Why Richard Dawkins is wrong about religion / David Sloan Wilson -- Public terror versus public good / Ian Reader -- Buddhism : is there a better balance in the East? / Hiroko Kawanami -- Can scientific discovery be a religious experience? / John Hedley Brooke -- Heavens above! Old notions never die. They just incorporate / William Calvin -- Other intelligences / Seth Shostak -- Natural theology in contemporary cosmology / David Wilkinson.
Item type: Books
Holdings
Current library Collection Call number Vol info Status Date due Barcode
Judith Thomas Library General Stacks BKS BL 240.3 .E34 2008 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) AUA012168 Available AUA012168

Includes bibliographical references

Science and religion : negotiating the 21st century rapids / Denis R. Alexander -- Why new atheist definitions of religions fail / Mark Hulsether -- Aboriginal versus Western creationism / Robert Layton -- Science versus anthropology, not religion / Simon Coleman -- Atheism and liberty / Michael Shermer -- The evolution of warfare / Herbert D.G. Maschner and Katherine L. Reedy-Maschner -- Why we are good : mirror neurons and the roots of empathy / Gordy Slack -- The evolution of religion / Lewis Wolpert -- Is religion inevitable? an archaeologist's view from the past / Steven Mithen -- Artificials, or why Darwin was wrong about humans / Timothy Taylor -- Brain science and belief / Andrew Newberg -- Why Richard Dawkins is wrong about religion / David Sloan Wilson -- Public terror versus public good / Ian Reader -- Buddhism : is there a better balance in the East? / Hiroko Kawanami -- Can scientific discovery be a religious experience? / John Hedley Brooke -- Heavens above! Old notions never die. They just incorporate / William Calvin -- Other intelligences / Seth Shostak -- Natural theology in contemporary cosmology / David Wilkinson.