Foreword / Pierre Beemans -- Preface /Sharon Harper -- Introduction / Farzam Arabab -- The principle of fundamental oneness / Promilla Kapur -- Solidarity with the poor / Gregory Baum -- Rediscovering the resources of religion / Azizan Baharuddin -- Promoting a discourse on science, religion, and development / Farzam Arbab -- Our way of proceeding / William Ryan
Summary
The Lab, the Temple, and the Market tackles these complex questions in four separate essays. Each essay meshes a discussion of development issues and processes with a different system of religious belief: Hinduism, Christianity, Islam, and the Bah'i Faith. The authors each a scientist as well as a person of faith show how religious belief and personal faith can be deeply motivational and strikingly fruitful in scientific pursuits. Further, they emphasize how their faith has brought them a profound understanding of interconnectedness and compassion, and thus a wider perspective and greater
