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Science, religion, and society: an encyclopedia of history, culture, and controversy
Publisher
M.E. Sharpe
Publication Date
c2007
Language
English
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Table of Contents
From the Book
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
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9780765680648
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