Neglected Perspectives on Science and Religion: Historical and Contemporary Relations [Hardcover]

Neglected Perspectives on Science and Religion explores historical and contemporary relations between science and religion, providing new perspectives on familiar topics such as evolution and the Galileo affair. The book also explores common differences in science and religion with respect to their various treatments of doubt, curiosity, and the methods by which truth claims are assessed. The book includes discussions of religious and scientific treatments of the origins of males and females, evolving views of sex and gender, and contemporary tensions about topics such as same-sex marriage. Viney and Woody also include a chapter exploring the effects of social science research on religious topics such as prayer, prejudice, and violence. The rise of social sciences such as psychology, sociology, and anthropology has resulted in discoveries that contribute to new ways of thinking about the relations of science and religion. This book is ideal for graduate and upper-level undergraduate students, as well as anyone interested in science and religion.

1. Intellectual Warfare: Arguments Pro and Con

2. The Problem of Knowledge

3. The Problem of Causality

4. Causality Continued: Angels and Demons

5. Soul and Body

6. Evolution

7. Galileo and the Church

8. Advances in Understanding of the Origins of Sex

9. Women and Men: Scientific and Religious Perspectives

10. Sexual Orientation: From Harmony to Discord to Diaspora

11. Religion and Social Metrics

12. Absolutism: The Disease of Philosophical Thought

This book explores historical and contemporary relations between science and religion, providing new perspectives on familiar topics.

Wayne Viney is Professor Emerlc+