| Description |
ix, 433 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Note |
Based on a symposium on science and religion held in Chicago at the 1993 Parliament of the World's Religions. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Images of Enlightenment: a mandala for science / Clifford N. Matthews -- Science and Genesis / Timothy Ferris -- The big bang origin of the universe / Edward W. Kolb -- Beyond immutability: the birth and death of elementary particles / E.C.G. Sudarshan -- From mystery to mystery / Eric D. Carlson -- The origin, evolution, and distribution of life in the universe / Cyril Ponnamperuma |
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-- Science at the crossroads / George Bugliarello -- The coming clash of the titans / Rustum Roy -- A distinctly human face / Frederick Franck -- Tao, modern science, and human destiny / Hsing-Tsung Huang -- Gaia: cosmic beginnings, nonhuman ends / Lynn Margulis, Michael Dolan -- The smallest cells have important lessons to teach / James A. Shapiro -- Crucial conversations: |
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theology, feminism, and science / Mary E. Hunt -- Is participatory science possible? / Alice J. Dan -- The ethics of scientific knowledge and technological power / Kenneth Vaux -- The equations of Maya / John L. Dobson -- Scientific and Christian thought: phenomenological reflection / Raimon Panikkar -- A search for beliefs to live by consistent with science / Roger W. Sperry -- |
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Creation stories, religious and atheistic / John Leslie --The origin of consciousness / Richard G. Swinburne -- Religious responses to the big bang / Ian Barbour -- From cosmic beginnings to human ends / Roy Abraham Varghese. |
| Subject |
Religion and science -- Congresses.
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Cosmogony -- Congresses.
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Cosmology -- Congresses.
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| Added Author |
Matthews, Clifford N., 1921-
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Varghese, Roy Abraham.
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| ISBN |
0812692691 |
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0812692705 paperback |
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