Science and Religion East and West [Hardcover]

This volume situates itself within the context of the rapidly growing interdisciplinary field that is dedicated to the study of the complex interactions between science and religion. It presents an innovative approach insofar as it addresses the Eurocentrism that is still prevalent in this field. At the same time it reveals how science develops in the space that emerges between the local and the global. The volume examines a range of themes central to the interaction between science and religion: Eastern thought within Western science and religion and vice versa, and revisits thinkers who sought to integrate Eastern and Western thinking. It studies Zen Buddhism and its relation to psychotherapy, Islamic science, Vedantic science, atheism in India, and Darwinism, offering in turn new perspectives on a variety of approaches to nature.

Part of the Science and Technology Studies series, this volume brings together original perspectives from major scholars from across disciplines and will be of great interest to scholars and students of science and technology studies, history of science, philosophy of science, religious studies, and sociology.

Introduction 1.Science International (Beyond the West): The Ups and Downs of Trans-Cultural Science 2. Zen, Suzuki and the Art of Psychotherapy 3.India's Response to Darwin 4.Perspectives on the Relation between Science and Religion in India 5.Jagadish Chandra Bose and Vedantic Science 6.Ancient Indian Philosophy meets Modern Western Science: Discussions of Causality and Consciousness in the Colonial Indian Academy 7.Being Religious, Being Scientific: Science, Religion, and Atheism in Contemporary India 8.Betwixt Science and Religion; East and West: Jesuits in 17th and 18th Century Southern India 9.Exploring the Contemporary Debate Over Islam and Science in India: Portrait ol�