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Handbook of Religion and the Authority of Science

By James R. Lewis , Olav Hammer (eds.)

Book information

Publisher
Brill Academic Publishers
Year
2010
ISBN
900418791X, 9789004187917
ISSN
1874-669
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
7 MB (7746015 bytes)
Series
Brill Handbooks on Contemporary Religion 3
Pages
xvi+924\941
Topic
Religion
Orientation
yes
Paginated
yes
Scanned
portrait
Time added
2015-11-30 00:52:46
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Description

There has been a significant but little-noticed aspect of the interface between science and religion, namely the widespread tendency of religions to appeal to science in support of their truth claims. Though the appeal to science is most evident in more recent religions like Christian Science and Scientology, no major faith tradition is exempt from this pattern. Members of almost every religion desire to see their ‘truths’ supported by the authority of science – especially in the midst of the present historical period, when all of the comforting old certainties seem problematic and threatened. The present collection examines this pattern in a wide variety of different religions and spiritual movements, and demonstrates the many different ways in which religions appeal to the authority of science. The result is a wide-ranging and uniquely compelling study of how religions adapt their message to one of the major challenges presented by the contemporary world.

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