The Oxford Handbook of Religion and Science [Hardcover]

The field of 'religion and science' is exploding in popularity among academics as well as the general reading public. Spawning an increasing number of conferences and courses, this field has shown an unprecedented rate of growth in recent years. Here for the first time is a single-volume introduction to the debate, written by the leading experts. Making no pretence to encyclopaedic neutrality, each chapter defends a major intellectual position - at the heart of the book is a series of 'pro' and 'con' papers, covering each of the current 'hot topics' (such as evolution versus creation, naturalism versus the supernatural). In addition to treatments of questions of methodology and implications for life and practice, the Handbook includes sections devoted to the major scientific disciplines, the major world religions, and the main sub-disciplines in this exciting and ever-expanding field of study.

1. Introduction,Philip Clayton
I.Religion and Science across the World's Traditions
2. Hinduism and Science,Sangeetha Menon
3. Buddhism and Science,B. Alan Wallace
4. Judaism and Science,Norbert M. Samuelson
5. Christianity and Science,John Polkinghorne
6. Islam and Science,Seyyed Hossein Nasr
7. Indigenous Lifeways and Knowing the World,John Grim
8. Religious Naturalism and Science,Willem Drees
9. Atheism and Science,Peter Atkins
II. Conceiving Religion in Light of the Contemporary Sciences
10. Cosmology and Religion,Bernard Carr
11. Fundamental Physics and Religion,Kirk Wegter-McNelly
12. Molecular Biology and Religion,Martinez Hewlett
13. Evolutionary Theory and Religion,Jeffrey P. Schloss
14. Ecology and Religion,Susan Bratton
15. The Neurosciences and Religion,Evan Thompson
16. Psychology, the Human Sciences, and Religion,Raymond F. Paloutzian