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Title The edge of reason? : science and religion in modern society / edited by Alex Bentley
Published London ; New York : Continuum, 2008
London : Continuum, 2008

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Description xxiv, 222 pages : illustrations ; 21 ; cm
Contents Science and religion : negotiating the 21st century rapids / Denis R. Alexander -- Why new atheist definitions of religions fail / Mark Hulsether -- Aboriginal versus Western creationism / Robert Layton -- Science versus anthropology, not religion / Simon Coleman -- Atheism and liberty / Michael Shermer -- The evolution of warfare / Herbert D.G. Maschner and Katherine L. Reedy-Maschner -- Why we are good : mirror neurons and the roots of empathy / Gordy Slack -- The evolution of religion / Lewis Wolpert -- Is religion inevitable? an archaeologist's view from the past / Steven Mithen -- Artificials, or why Darwin was wrong about humans / Timothy Taylor -- Brain science and belief / Andrew Newberg -- Why Richard Dawkins is wrong about religion / David Sloan Wilson -- Public terror versus public good / Ian Reader -- Buddhism : is there a better balance in the East? / Hiroko Kawanami -- Can scientific discovery be a religious experience? / John Hedley Brooke -- Heavens above! Old notions never die. They just incorporate / William Calvin -- Other intelligences / Seth Shostak -- Natural theology in contemporary cosmology / David Wilkinson
Analysis Religion and science
Notes Formerly CIP. Uk
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Religion and science -- 21st century.
Religion and science.
Author Bentley, Alex.
LC no. 2008005694
ISBN 1847062172 (hbk.)
1847062180 (paperback)
9781847062178 (hbk.)
9781847062185 (paperback)