Science, religion, and society: an encyclopedia of history, culture, and controversy

Volume 1

Foreword

Preface

Acknowledgments

General Overviews

Introduction to General Overviews

1. Integrating Science and Religion

2. Integrating Science and Religion-A Jewish Perspective

3. Islam and Science

4. The Place of Science in the Hindu Worldview

5. Science and Religion in Africa

6. Science and Native American Communities

7. Native Spirituality and Science

8. Knowing the World

9. Issues in Science and Religion: A Critical Evaluation

10. Intersecting Frontiers in Science and Religion

11. A Superior Road for Life's Journey: A Scientist Explores Reality

12. Ichi Tante Mind: A Zen Buddhist Perspective

13. Islam and Science: Notes on an Ongoing Debate

14. Taoist Contributions to Science in China

15. Religious Pluralism and Science in Asia

16. Diversity of the Religious Experience

17. Multicultural Perspectives on Issues in Science and Religion

18. Learning Science in a Multicultural, Multifaith World

Historical Perspectives

Introduction to Historical Perspectives

19. Religion in Ancient Western South America

20. Science in Pre-Hispanic Western South America

21. Science in the Classical Hindu World

22. Joseph Needham and Taoism

23. Islam and Premodern Science

24. Islam and Modern Science

25. Science, Philosophy, and Religion in Ancient Greece and Rome

26. Patristic Theology and Greek Natural Philosophy

27. Religion and Science in the Middle Ages

28. Greco-Roman Conceptions of the Natural World, Religion, and Leadership in the Later Roman Empire

29. Knowledge and Accuracy in Early Greek Historical Writing

30. The Development and Diffusion of Alchemy from Antiquity to the Renaissance

31. Women's Bodies, Women's Souls: Perspectives in the Middle Ages

32. Religion and Geography in the Early Middle Ages

33. The Western Calendar: Religion and Science Intertwined

34. Extraterrestrial Life and Christianity

Creation, the Cosmos, and Origins of the Universe

Introduction to Creation, the Cosmos, and Origins of the Universe

35. Creation and Origins of the Universe

36. African Cosmologies Past and Present

37. Creation Myths of Africa

38. The Biblical View of Nature

39. Galileo, Science, and Religion

40. Isaac Newton: His Science and Religion

41. God and the Big Bang

42. Cosmology and the Anthropic Principle

43. Creationism

44. Science and the Bible: Two Views of One Reality

45. Is Cosmology Religiously Significant?

46. Space in Ancient Mesoamerica

Volume 2

Ecology, Evolution, and the Natural World

Introduction to Ecology, Evolution, and the Natural World

47. Natural Theology, Deism, and Early Modern Science

48. Process Theology

49. Evolution

50. Evolution and Natural Selection

51. Intelligent Design

52. Evolution and Religion

53. The Environment in an African Spirituality

54. Environmental Ethics

55. Science and the Sacred

56. Science, Religion, and Sustainable Development

Consciousness, Mind, and the Brain

Introduction to Consciousness, Mind, and the Brain

57. The Psychology of Religion

58. Consciousness and Neurotheology

59. Neurotheology

60. Neurobiology and Consciousness

61. The Ethics of Psychosurgery and Deep Brain Stimulation

62. The Mind-Body Problem

63. Extraordinary Aspects of Reality in Altered States of Consciousness

64. Consciousness, Ritual, and Belief

65. Cognitive Science of Religion

Healers and Healing

Introduction to Healers and Healing

66. Shamanism

67. Shamanism and Science: Ancient Pathways to Healing and Understanding

68. Shamanism: A Biogenetic Perspective

69. Spiritual Healing in the Ethiopian Orthodox Church

70. African Traditional Medicine: Healing and Spirituality

71. AIDS, Science, and Religion in Africa

72. Nuwati: Native American Medicine, Healing, and the Sacred Way of Being

73. Navajo Spirituality: Native American Wisdom and Healing

74. The Role of Religion and Spirituality in Conventional Medical Treatment

75. Interdisciplinary Approaches to Faith Healing

76. Does Religion Cause Health?

Dying and Death

Introduction to Dying and Death

77. The Blurred Boundary: When Death Displaces Life

78. Judaism and Ethical Issues in End of Life Care

79. Hospice

80. Prolonging Living and Dying

81. Near Death Experiences

82. Dissection and Autopsy

Genetics and Religion

Introduction to Genetics and Religion

83. Genetics, Society, and Spirituality

84. Biotechnology and Theology

85. Religion, Ethics, and the Human Genome Project

86. Human Reproductive Cloning: Assessing the Concerns

Bibliography

About the Authors

Index