Science and religion. A very short introduction - Brossura

Dixon, Thomas

 
9780199295517: Science and religion. A very short introduction
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ISBN 10: 0199295514 ISBN 13: 9780199295517
Casa editrice: Oxford, 2013

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The debate between science and religion is never out of the news: emotions run high, fuelled by polemical bestsellers like The God Delusion and, at the other end of the spectrum, high-profile campaigns to teach 'Intelligent Design' in schools.

Yet there is much more to the debate than the clash of these extremes. As Thomas Dixon shows in this balanced and thought-provoking introduction, many have seen harmony rather than conflict between faith and science. He explores not only the key philosophical questions that underlie the debate, but also the social, political, and ethical contexts that have made 'science and religion' such a fraught and interesting topic in the modern world, offering perspectives from non-Christian religions and examples from across the physical, biological, and social sciences.. Along the way, he examines landmark historical episodes such as the trial of Galileo by the Inquisition in 1633, and the famous debate between 'Darwin's bulldog' Thomas Huxley and Bishop Wilberforce in Oxford in 1860. The Scopes 'Monkey Trial' in Tennessee in 1925 and the Dover Area School Board case of 2005 are explained with reference to the interaction between religion, law, and education in modern America.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Thomas Dixon is Professor of History at Queen Mary, University of London. A member of the International Society for Science and Religion and an expert on modern intellectual history, he writes regularly for the Times Literary Supplement, and has published books about the history of psychology and about Victorian moral philosophy.

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Editore
Oxford
Data di pubblicazione
2013
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
0199295514
ISBN 13 
9780199295517
Rilegatura
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Numero edizione
1
Numero di pagine
168
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