Religion, Science and Naturalism [Paperback]

Willem Drees argues that religion and morality are to be understood as rooted in our evolutionary past and neurophysiological constitution.This book considers the consequences of the natural sciences (physics, biology, neurosciences) for our view of the world. Willem Drees argues that religion and morality are to be understood as rooted in our evolutionary past and neurophysiological constitution. His book takes a more radical naturalist position than most on religion and science. But religion is not dismissed: religious traditions remain important as bodies of wisdom and vision.This book considers the consequences of the natural sciences (physics, biology, neurosciences) for our view of the world. Willem Drees argues that religion and morality are to be understood as rooted in our evolutionary past and neurophysiological constitution. His book takes a more radical naturalist position than most on religion and science. But religion is not dismissed: religious traditions remain important as bodies of wisdom and vision.This book considers the consequences of the natural sciences (physics, biology, neurosciences) for our view of the world. Willem Drees argues that religion and morality are to be understood as rooted in our evolutionary past and neurophysiological constitution. His book takes a more radical naturalist position than most on religion and science. But religion is not dismissed: religious traditions remain important as bodies of wisdom and vision.Preface; 1. Religion and science: strategies, definitions, and issues; 2. Histories of relationships between science and religion; 3. Theology and knowledge of the world; 4. Theology and knowledge of human nature; 5. Science, religion, and naturalism; References; Index. Physicist-philosopher-theologian Willem Drees appears as a rising star over an expanding field of science and religion....He offers a religious view of reality rooted in 'the rich possibilities of the natural world,' and he expects progress in religlóA